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Legal to be here or not, I've got a heart man, and this sucks.. I know there's got to be more good than bad in this world, but where's the love y'all?? I've never walked a day in their shoes, they didn't ask for the things that are happening to them and their families in the native countries. They were born into it. I know this is a dog eat dog world, but how none of you hsve or even show compassion is just a heartbreaking.. We are turning into a bunch of entitled twats in America, we don't deserve any better life than anyone else just bc we were born here where we have at least some safety and security...

its rime to tell these people the truth! these so-called western countries AREN'T utopias! they have poverty, crime and corruption just like any other countries. and they have something else - RACISM! for illegals to come to these countries is UNFAIR for the legal citizens that are already abused and enslaved and ignored in these countries. these illegals are putting UNBELIEVABLY HEAVY stresses on fragile social systems and the disenfranchised! if you have the money to come here then you have the money to move to a safer part of your town, your own country or to a neighboring country that already speaks your language. THINK! DON'T COME! you're problems WON'T be solved, and you're only hurting yourselves and the people in the country you illegally come to!

He wishes he'd bin bettervinformed.Well it is up to a person to inform themselves. IT IS NOT UP TO THE COUNTRY YOU ARE IN ILLEGALLY . I can't get over someone other learning the language of the country after 15 years of working and living there illegally either..Sorry for the children, but not for Jose who has repeated his I legal action in one country after another.Canada gave him a chance and he didn't even show up as asked to his hearing...All this costs the taxpayer who is struggling..

Thought for the day: you would still be with your family if you hadn't left Mexico and you wouldn't have to be running from the Canadian in United States government if you had come into this country legally instead of illegally. You enter this country already a criminal and you wonder why you get treated as a criminal

? so “sorry” you didn’t get the handouts you were “promised” by our mentally ill Prime Minister .. not sorry. Immigrate legally and you wouldn’t be in this mess. Shouldn’t have trusted the fake news media.

Make them join the military for a term first.thrn become a legal?

If he had done just it legally in the begining he and his family wouldve been secured by now but he decided to do it illegally not just in one but two countries.

don’t care should have came legally millions are doing it now and millions did it before you play your violin somewhere else

It's hard to go to other country without legal documents.

Do things legally and you won’t end up in this situation.

15 years illegal in the US. Can't or won't learn English wasted 15k. He could have started the legal process 15 years ago. He was selfish in the short run. Now his family will pay for it.

Maybe because he IS not a REFUGE!!! Why can't he do it the LEGAL WAY??? Other did!\n\nOMG Canada is sooooo racist too for enforcing the LAW!!!!!!

Jose was rejected by 3 countries; his own native land, usa and now Canada. Jose doesn't understand that and calls himself a victim while abusing the system. He's not legal but he's working?, wtf?? People in shitholes are never welcome, fix your own problems, sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears and change your own country for the better. #nomoreimmagrantcowards.

Seems like a devoted Dad and a willing worker...but if he had the money, why not enter the U.S. legally? Sounds like he could have afforded it, and the wait is just as long in Canada, with no guarantee. These people from Mexico and Central America should take the steps to immigrate legally. People do it every year.

Enter Canada the legal way, and welcome, not by sneaking in and claiming refugee status. This will likely result in deportation, as it should. .....moving your case to Vancouver just cost you extra money for nothing other than it delayed your case enriching the lawers.

Come here legally or do not come here at all!

is that his car he's driving? man i am a legal cetizen in america\nand cant barely afford to drive a car like yours!

Immigration has ALWAYS been hard but many people make life more difficult when they don't understand a country's laws and/or fail to follow those laws. I know a man who came to the USA with $50 and managed to work and send money to his wife and then one day he wrote to his wife to say he couldn't send any more money because he was buying a bakery. Then he sent for her and they raised two sons, worked very hard in his little business, sent his sons to a private university. They followed the law and all are successful now. I also know a man from Colombia who came to the USA legally and a U.S. businessman saw how diligently he worked and helped him start a business. The American dream works. More than 720,000 new citizens were sworn in recently (in 2016, if my memory is correct).

I do not think any country would welcome illegal immigrants. If you want to come to any country, do so legally.

Even if they do try to do it the legal way sometimes they are not granted with any type of visa or green card. The government can deny their application for many reasons. So they end up crossing the border illegally. As well it is cheaper to cross the border than to apply for a visa or some sort of legal document. Many of these “lawbreakers” you suggest to be in jail have tired to do everything the legal way but it didn’t work out. Immigrants risk their lives and their love ones to have a better life, to be able to work to be able to have things that it’s impossible to have in their country. They are innocent people with dreams and hopes I don’t know why ya are so quick to judge. Try to put yourself in their place, and try to be open minded and listen.

He was able to save $15,000. He could have migrated legally.

It sounds nice to say “Everyone has a human right to go where they want.” It isn’t so simple. If people come illegally, they affect everyone in the new country and all the people coming legally. If you detain them together with their family, you are incarcerating children, if you take the parents only you break up families. If you send them back with no detention and no appeals, you miss cases with legitimate grounds to have an exception. Bottom line, someone is on the losing end no matter which policies you use—it’s a fiction to say there is a win-win-win. So let’s make hard choices.

You couldn't even be bothered to learn English in 15 yrs seriously ? You could have become a legal immigrant in that time but now it's everybody's fault America, Canada. You reap what you sow. The decisions you have made are on you. You did this to your family not my country or president.

Send them back to Mexico! Canada should be tougher than the USA on Illegals. Canada should make illegals pay 100k if granted legal status to show they are worth keeping.

If he’s going threw all the damn problems don’t expect Canada to be so easy to get your papers. Canada welcomes people but do it legally sigh people think life is so easy in Canada.

My daughter in law came to America, got her visa, green card and international drivers license. She did all that under a year. She does everything expected of her and has not had any problems. She got a real job and has never asked the US Govt to support her in any way. People that do what is expected of them have no issues. It's those that sneak in and bypass and abuse the system that pay the price for their crime. While I feel for the children it's their very own parents that did it to them. Put the Blame where it lies. Americans are only asking them to come into our country legally, pay for your documents needed to stay. If not you need to go just like any other country in the world.

Why cant they apply legally. Perhaps some democrat employers will extend help to them

Laws are laws, hermano. You are not exempt from the law, and you will be deported. This man obviously does not pay taxes, because he cannot legally report them. When you are deported tell your familia in Honduras not to come to North America.

Go back to your own nation. If you don't like your nation then change it. Should you still wish to be here learn english and immigrate legally.

Do it legally you broke the law I don't feel sorry for you

Have any of these people ever tried to come to a country legally ?? Probably is cheaper and you are not a criminal by entering illegally.

Could’ve spent that money coming to USA legally. Crime doesn’t pay.

try to apply a study visa for your wife then they will give you an open work permit so you can work legally and you can send your children to school

Going into Canada legally is harder than going to the U.S. I'm from Minnesota, I know this

Canada's laws are harder than America. And if you become legal in the US, hey, you're welcome

Hey Mexicans and others. Take back your country with your blood. Invade Mexico City where all your Elite live. Take your crooked government back. We are trying. Got a hunch when things get hot here you'll run back to Old Mexico anyway. Don't need to hear any more boohoos. Dreamers go back too. It's my tax dollars not yours used to finance your education.\nOur black population could use more education dollars and they are * Americans*. For that manner our poor white population could use some job education skills also. LEAVE and come back LEGAL. Bye Bye.

What do you expect would happen?when you enter a country under false pretense and legal status?

The reality is you can’t give free citizenship to illegals, how about those legal immigrants who spend years of living within the country while still waiting for their residence! I have to say it’s just not fair!

Then why not just have applied legally and then entered the country. I don't feel sorry for him. All the S. American, C. American, & Mexican people come illegally and create their own problems.

it amazes me how little human beings can care about each other. it breaks my heart to see a man who wants to provide for his family be turned away and thought of as a criminal because he escaped a country riddled with murder. documented or not they deserve better. most undocumented immigrants don’t come here to commit crimes or steal your jobs, they come here for refuge. undocumented immigrants don’t even qualify for welfare programs and continue to pay taxes. the alternative, legal immigration, can take up to 15-30 years of them living in constant fear of death. they are humans and we should treat them as such

This is not true - illegal refugees legal bills are paid for by us the tax payer, Thats why immigration layers love open borders.

People who can't speak the national language shouldn't be moving to another country especially not illegally. I can't feel sorry for this guy. I mean sure he's probably had a rough time but having kids and then trying to illegally immigrate just doesn't seem like the right way to try to live life especially not to raise a child in. \n\nIf you want to better yourself and your family learn the language and properly apply for a visa and come work here and contribute. Show Canada that your a worthy addition and eventually you can legally immigrate here. Trying to sneak in and avoid being deported isn't the way to go and it will never help your family in the long run.

so what exactly is the problem? there are laws in canada - no you can't just walk in a stay and get benefits. if there is misinformation in the community migrating north, then who is at fault? if anyone from any country, regardless of race, creed, religion, sexual orientation - anything - thinks they can just go to another country with no strings attached they're crazy. I get the feeling this is meant to look like a racist issue - it's not. if you're white as snow, speak english and carry a bible, the rules are the same - you come legally, and go through all the paperwork and checks that are required.

Lets end this fake narrative! Detain the adults and their children together who enter ILLEGALLY! Then when this shit is sorted out return them to their country of origin. Maybe next time they will do things the LEGAL way. When American citizens here now lose their government entitlements because its no longer sustainable then everyone will have a different opinion lol. Lets secure our border, and control immigration as we should as our public safety and economic health depends on it.

LMFAO is it really so fuckin hard to fill out paper work to become legal??? They would rather run thousands of miles then fill out paperwork wtf

America would be the same. Come in legal.

Who cares? just enter U.S. legally.

It burns thier Ass to lose money. Yet they know how tough it is. They expect for prices and bills not to exist. Then they were here already a good amount of time. When they don't like the way things are going for them they pick up and start the Bullshit all over again. Meanwhile there are many people waiting to do things legal. LEGAL!

Well he should have just waited in his country saved up his money and did it the legal way. He and his family wouldn't be in that situation if he did. He clearly isnt trying hard enough if he still hasn't even learned English or French.

This is what i hate about my country. If ur illegal stay in ur home country and come legally. I dont feel bad for any illegals they put a strain on my tax dollars that i have to give them. When it should b helping people from our country first