🇨🇦 Deportation targets met, families split, and CBC frames it as tragedy

Canada deported 23,000 people in 2025 after setting a 20,000 target — nearly half in Quebec — and suddenly the press discovers borders have consequences. Miguel, 22, faces removal to Mexico after his asylum claim failed, and advocacy groups are howling about family separation as if enforcement of immigration law is some novel cruelty. His partner Andrea fled domestic violence twice, their baby has health issues, and the deadline falls before his pre-removal risk assessment eligibility. Tragic, yes. But whose fault is it that failed claimants stay long enough to have children and build lives on temporary status.

Bill C-12 nullified 30,000 bogus asylum claims and doubled deportations, which means the system is finally working as intended. The sob story framing ignores one reality: if you lose your claim, you leave. Advocates call it normalized family separation. Normal people call it law enforcement.

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