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To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 28, 2017

So, they came and they were welcomed.

By the tens of thousands.

Today, however, there are still more than 50,000 illegal immigrants in our country despite being ordered deported, and this comes straight from the cabinet records of the Trudeau Liberals.

The RCMP, the Commons was told, detained 56,515 illegal immigrants in the three years following Trudeau’s tweet — mostly Haitians and Nigerians — yet, there are still 52,109 illegals, or “irregulars” as the Trudeau Liberals prefer, who remain in Canada.

So, less than 4,500 have gotten the boot.

“Each individual’s case has its own complexities,” cabinet wrote in a paper recently tabled in the Commons. “The agency cannot enforce a removal order unless there are no more grounds justifying a stay of removal under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.”

Appeals, of course, are not exactly fast.

Instead, each takes up a minimum of two years — hence the massive backlog of illegals waiting for their ordered deportations.

It is not a pretty picture.

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As it was explained to the Commons, “while some removals are not immediately enforceable…individuals will remain in the inventory until they are removed, or the removal order against them is quashed.

“Individuals may remain in Canada while seeking judicial or administrative review,” said the report. “A removal order only becomes enforceable by the agency once all legal avenues of due process are exhausted.”

So, it is safe to say that immigration lawyers, paralegals and the usual array of unlicensed predators who hang around immigration hearings are doing well financially thanks to Trudeau’s tweet.