[ssiguy]

These would not be concentration camps so let's cool the hyperbole.

I am talking about thse people crossing the border from the US. Anyone coming from a safe 3rd country like the US should be given an automatic no and taken to the nearest border crossing and wish them luck. Canada should not, under any circumstance, allow anyone to claim refugee status from any safe 3rd country ie Western Europe, US, Aust/NZ, Japan etc. Anyone arriving by land or air from these countries should be held for 24 hours and sent on the next plane back. Anyone coming from a safe 3rd country is not, under any definition, a refugee.

Do I feel bad for these mostly Haitians and Hondurans crossing over from the US, of course I do. They are coming from poor and violent countries and I wouldn't want to go back to those countries either and I can't blame them for fleeing such horrid circumstances. That however does not make them refugeess according to the UN Charter of Refugees. Poverty and national instability are NOT grounds for refugee status.