The American Dream is a Canadian Reality
On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the American Immigration Policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), is being rescinded. DACA was founded by the Obama administration in June 2012. It allowed certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as children with their family to receive a two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit. Nearly 1 million of these youth were enrolled in the program by 2017, many of whom are prime Canadiates for Canadian immigration.
Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller plans to override Quebec’s immigration cap to expedite family reunification. Despite requests to Quebec to increase its family reunification limit, currently set at about 10,000 applicants yearly, the federal government will now issue permanent residence permits beyond this cap. This decision, driven by a humanitarian perspective, aims to address the …