Tories Call on Feds to Restore Visa Requirement for Mexican Nationals Over Rising Asylum Claims

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is urging the Canadian government to reintroduce visa requirements for Mexican nationals in a bid to stem the growing number of asylum claims from the country. Mr. Poilievre said reintroducing the visa requirement would “prevent further abuse” of Canada’s asylum system. “Canada’s immigration system is broken,” Mr. Poilievre said in a Jan. 24 press release, adding, “even [Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau’s own immigration minister has admitted that the system they created ‘has gotten out of control.’” Immigration Minister Marc Miller has emphasized the necessity for new measures to manage the rising influx of asylum seekers from Mexico, some of whom he referred to as “bad actors.”...