October 28th, 2011
The Globe and Mail
The US Border Patrol has stopped its routine bus/train checks along the Canadian border for illegal immigrants. Typically the patrol would board the vehicle and question anyone who might look suspicious. During the period when this check was enforced, they had received many complaints and accusations for racial profiling from immigrants rights groups. This build up of accusations finally caused the shut down of these routine checks lowering the security. Many people may think that this is a step down from what the security needs including Border Protection spokesperson who said, "It's up to the local commander to position his agents the way he wants to position them. What we've done is gone to a risk-based posture". I personally am impartial to this decision for two reasons; One, because of the image of racial profiling that the bus/train checks create and Two, because in our country we already have many, many immigrants, some illegal, and we don't need any more especially illegal ones. If these immigrants want to come to Canada or the US, they should apply for a citizenship that goes on record for proof.
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