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Canada’s biggest problem when it comes to the national security threat posed by asylum seekers may not be stopping bad guys from entering, but making them leave.

An internal government report obtained through an access to information request from immigration lawyer Richard Kurland revealed that 11,745 illegal border crossers and asylum seekers in Canada have not yet received national security screening or vetting.

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Instead, these migrants were admitted into Canada and remain in queue amidst a massive backlog that has skyrocketed since 2016.

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Rather than detaining individuals and holding them at the border until proper security screening measures are completed, Canada simply releases these migrants into the community.

We rely on good faith in the hopes they’ll show up to their next appointment with border and immigration officials.

Once a migrant is in Canada, however, the record shows that even if they’re found to be inadmissible, it’s incredibly difficult to make them leave.