This one is interesting: Haitians fleeing the U.S.

Early one Sunday morning last August, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stopped a U-Haul truck just over the Canadian border. Inside the trailer, no larger than a small bedroom, were 44 people struggling to breathe, including a pregnant woman and a 4-year-old child. They were mostly Haitians, who had paid smugglers thousands of dollars to get them out of the country that they previously considered safe: the United States.

Many Haitian immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have chosen to undertake the expensive and treacherous process of crossing the Canadian border, rather than waiting to see if they’ll be deported by the Trump administration.

Many Haitian immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have chosen to undertake the expensive and treacherous process of crossing the Canadian border, rather than waiting to see if they’ll be deported by the Trump administration.

The Haitians Paying Smugglers To Escape Trump’s America | HuffPost Latest News

Expensive? I don’t know what Canuck Coyotes charge, but treacherous? I believe that HuffPo might be just exaggerating a bit for purely dramatic purposes to get his ignorant readers all teary-eyed and enraged at Trump. I mean these people were smuggled through the Caribbean sea in crappy overpacked boats one loose rivet away from becoming a submerged buffet for sharks and other tropical sea creatures.

But this next item is interesting as heck.

Despite the many risks, getting smuggled into Canada has been worth it for many Haitians because applying for refugee status only required one more step: staying for 14 days without being detected. To prove their arrival date, many Haitians took a selfie with the front page of a Canadian newspaper, which they could show to authorities when they turned themselves in to start their claim. Protected from deportation, at least temporarily, they could obtain work permits and health care while waiting for possible permanent residency.

That is, until recently. Last month, a new, sweeping immigration law did away with this two-week period. Now, individuals can’t file a refugee claim if they’ve been in Canada for more than a year, even though life circumstances or fear could prevent someone from applying right away. Under the new rules, Haitians who cross the U.S.-Canada border illegally won’t be eligible to apply for refugee protections. Instead, they’ll be placed into an immigration process that gives them little chance of becoming a permanent Canadian resident.

So the ever Loving-Socialist-for-the-people Canada actually hardened up its immigration laws? They are now making less palatable the concept of coming to Canada and beg for refugee status with all the free stuff attached to it? Makes you wonder why, right?

And for the pièce de résistance:

Today, many Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. have to make a dangerous decision: stay and potentially get deported to Haiti or take a bigger gamble than ever on finding safety up north.

So, Haiti is (according to the HuffPo) a less risky location than Canada which is less dangerous than the U.S.A.. That means deportation back to the island is the best thing it could happen to Haitians. I believe I am going to agree with them on this one.