Florida Ends Shuttling of Refugees to Canada
By Monica Davey
November 10, 2007
A Florida organization that assisted hundreds of illegal immigrants in fleeing to Canada must close and return thousands of dollars it collected from the immigrants, who believed they would be given legal status in that country, Florida’s attorney general said yesterday.
Complaining of stepped-up sweeps by American immigration officials, about 450 people made their way from Florida to Canada in recent months with guidance from the organization, the Jerusalem Haitian Community Center, of Naples. Mostly Mexicans and Haitians, they presented themselves as refugees seeking asylum. Many are still waiting for hearings.
“While the state attorney general’s office cannot enforce federal immigration law in this case, my office can investigate potentially misleading or deceptive practices, and I believe this organization was engaging in questionable practices,” said Bill McCollum, the state attorney general. Many of the immigrants paid “donations” to the center of as much as $400, his office found.
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2 comments:
... those people probably can't wait to get out of Florida..like us!
This people looking for better life, and it so sad that 90% of american attorneys (I'm not talking about fake ones)I'm talking about with license! forgot about ethic at all. They see only pay checks in people, I guess you cannot blame them too, they spent thousands dollars on they education, education loan is calling...that is very sad. We've been struggling with immigration in US for 6 years! If you think about it it is 1/5 of you adult life, when you are not teen and not senior!!!. Hired/fired 3 attorneys spent 20K!!!dollars for nothing, for promises…This is why we moving to Canada, I hope Canada will appreciate our experience and knowlege
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