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These aren’t people fleeing war and persecution, they are people looking for a better life.

I get that. My family moved to Canada for better economic opportunities in the 1960s, my parents wanted the chance to make it on their own without having to deal with religious bigotry.

But the people crossing at Roxham Rd. are coming into Canada from the United States of America.

This isn’t a third world country dealing with war and persecution, we are talking about a country that is still one of the freest in the world.

Supporters of the virtually-open border policy that Justin Trudeau has adopted since Jan. 2017 will claim that the people coming across at Roxham Rd. are fleeing the policies of Donald Trump.

It’s not true.

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Read the reports, look at the data.

Most are coming into Canada through the United States, but they haven’t been living there.

They come from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or other countries, they land at JFK airport and immediately head to the border to make an asylum claim in Canada.

Due to a loophole in the Safe Third Country agreement with the US that says the deal doesn’t apply at unofficial border crossings, we can’t turn these people back.

The Trudeau Liberals are pretending that they are acting to solve this issue by saying they will turn back those that have made asylum claims in the United States but that won’t solve anything.

The vast majority of people coming in at Roxham Rd. never make, nor intend to make a claim in the States.

They are simply travelling through the US to take advantage of the loophole that says we must accept them if they cross illegally.

Trudeau spoke about the benefits of immigration at a tech conference earlier this week.

The benefits are many, including economic.

But to keep the public onside with high immigration levels, they have to believe the system is working and is fair.

What has been happening for the last few years is anything but fair and needs to stop, but we can’t count on Trudeau to fix the mess he created.

blilley@postmedia.com