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| 12 ordered deported after trying to sneak across border |
| 2004-07-24 |
| Dedicated to .com... Twelve people arrested trying to enter the United States illegally from Alberta have been ordered to leave Canada. The 11 women and one man were part of a group of 15 people nabbed at the Chief Mountain border crossing between Alberta and Montana Tuesday. The 12 people ordered to leave — 11 from South Korea and one from China — admitted they lied about coming to Canada as tourists. The immigration and refugee board ordered the 12 deported and prohibited them from reentering Canada for two years. "The cases that have come to our attention, all the people have been detained, they've all been found, described and ordered removed from the country," said Robert Ferguson, head of immigration enforcement in Calgary. "And I believe that's a deterrent for people in the future."...In February, 10 South Koreans were caught trying to get into the U.S. near a border crossing in Coutts, Alta. They were deported. Immigration officials claim that smuggling large groups of people into the U.S. via Canada is a lucrative criminal activity that can fetch up to $30,000 per person, a practice that has U.S. officials worried. |
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