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In addition, refugees escaping civil wars and likely death, Syria for example, would be permitted entry under the auspices of the federal government.

The illegal migrant situation, however, is another matter entirely.

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Over 20,000 illegal migrants have crossed illegally into Quebec — not at official points of entry, but at the end of the now-infamous Roxham Rd. in upstate New York.

Unlike the Syrian refugees, these economic migrants are not escaping probable death. They are originally from Mexico or Central America and have entered the U.S. legally on visitor visas.

My source at the Canadian border tells me many of these migrants dispense with their U.S. visas before crossing with a view to enter our country as a refugee, taking advantage of the government services normally offered.

These illegal migrants are queue jumpers, taking up valuable and limited services normally reserved for Canadian citizens and legal residents.

As reported in the Toronto Sun, Toronto has no room to house the 800 recently-arrived migrants from Quebec. Currently, 50% of our homeless shelters are occupied by illegal migrants.

Throwing money at this problem is not the answer — strong leadership is.

Premier Ford should not accept any funds from Ottawa to partially pay for these illegal migrants, nor should the province’s money be spent on the problem.

Ideally, both Ford and Tory should stand up to the clueless, head-in-the-sand Trudeau — publicly challenging his government’s open borders policies and having one of their own in place to bar illegal migrants from entering Ontario.

Unless the flow of illegal migrants over the border comes to a stop, the Liberals are on the road to suffer a Wynne-like defeat in the 2019 federal election.

— Mitch Wolfe, a graduate of University of Toronto Law School, is a commentator and analyst and author of Trump: How He Captured The Trump White House.