Trudeau admits Mexican cartels are taking advantage of Canada’s asylum system
By Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged the troubling reality that Mexican cartels are exploiting Canada’s refugee and asylum system.
“Across the country, particularly Ontario, we’ve seen a rise in asylum seekers even as we managed to close Roxon road by renegotiating the Safe Third Country Agreement, the United States, we’re seeing more people arrive in through airports,” said Trudeau.
“We’re in conversations with Mexico about making sure that the number of asylum seekers, some of them, supported by organized crime in Mexico, to come up to Canada are reduced.”
Trudeau admits that the number of asylum seekers has increased despite Roxham road being closed.
He also admits that some of those asylum seekers are backed by organized crime. pic.twitter.com/bFDz9dtTEu
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Despite this revelation, Trudeau’s government remains steadfast in its controversial decision to waive visa requirements for Mexican citizens, a move that critics argue has exacerbated the issue.
As reported by True North in 2022, the Trudeau government is standing by its decision to no longer require a visa for Mexican citizens even as major cartels have come to abuse the system and dominate the fentanyl trafficking trade.
An investigation by Wall Street Journal detailed how Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels have overtaken traditional drug suppliers such China in smuggling fentanyl across North America.