The IIP had to be folded up by the Harper Conservatives after it became clear - and as it took the 'South China Morning Post's Ian Young to reveal - that Canada's ragged refugee-class immigrants had contributed more to Revenue Canada than the IIP's big-spender immigrant investors did over the life of the program.
Los Angeles is the strongest defender of immigrants perhaps of any city in this country.
We've got to do everything we can to speak to and protect our immigrant communities.
As an immigrant justice advocate, I, of course, want legal status for everyone trying to make it in this country.
Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk - especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.
We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused.
The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.
As we continue to work to pass comprehensive immigration reform, we must take action to stop these predators who are exploiting immigrants attempting to play by the rules.
