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I did not call, just really interesting to me.Urgent: Tomorrow federal cabinet ministers are meeting to discuss asylum seekers from the US and whether or not Canada should scrap the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) -- an unjust law that turns many asylum seekers away at the Canadian land border if they entered via the US, because it assumes the US is a safe country.
But Trump’s America is anything but safe. Today, Trump’s new executive order on immigration was announced, effectively barring migrants from six Muslim majority countries and shutting down the entire US refugee system for 120 days. Trump also continues to order immigration raids across the country, sweeping up undocumented people and asylum seekers who could be persecuted or killed if they’re deported. The US is not safe, and Canada must #LetThemIn and #LetThemStay.
Over 40,000 of you signed the petition calling on Trudeau to scrap the STCA. Your pressure helped force this issue onto the government’s agenda. Now we need to turn up the heat before tomorrow’s cabinet meeting.
Leadnow created a simple phone calling tool that will connect you with the office of one of the Ministers who will be deciding tomorrow on Canada’s response to asylum seekers from the US and whether or not to scrap the STCA. They’re already under massive pressure, and if we flood them with calls, we could be the tipping point needed.
Click here to tell a cabinet ministers to protect asylum seekers from US and to scrap the Safe Third Country agreement at the meeting tomorrow. It’s less than 24 hours away so we have to act fast.
The STCA is forcing asylum seekers to avoid regular immigration channels and instead risk their lives as they cross the border through more dangerous routes.
At least a 1000 people have made the harrowing journey to Canada just this year. Seidu Mohammed lost all of his fingers after getting frostbite on the trek across the border to Manitoba. A child who recently made it across told his mom he “wants to die”.
Once people arrive in Canada, many are jailed and denied adequate access to health and legal services. Canada must let in migrants and refugees from the United States and let them stay. This means scrapping the STCA, no longer jailing asylum seekers, giving them full access to social services, and allowing them to stay here permanently.
Finally recognizing how violent and unjust this system is, more and more people across the country and around the world are calling on Canada to act.
Amnesty International, the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Canadian Council for Refugees, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Harvard Law School, Council of Canadians, LEAP and over 200 law professors have demanded that Trudeau to scrap the agreement.
The Liberals are really feeling the heat. Flooding every cabinet minister with hundreds of phone calls before going into their meeting could be the tipping point we need to force the government to ditch the STCA, and to #LetThemIn and #LetThemStay. Click here to make the call now.
Time is running out. Will you make your call now?
In solidarity,
No One Is Illegal - Toronto
http://www.leadnow.ca/
P.S. How is this different than the phone calls we already made? Last time, we made calls to our individual MPs to put upwards pressure on Trudeau. Those calls, along with the petition and other allied actions on this issue, have forced scrapping the STCA onto the government’s agenda. Trudeau has summoned his Cabinet to discuss whether or not to scrap the agreement and to create policies regarding asylum seekers. Trump’s Homeland Security czar John Kelly will be in Ottawa on March 10th. This is a moment we can’t pass up, and want to put the pressure on all ministers who will have a say in Canada’s decision.