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Posted inNational/International

Democracy in Crisis: Following Trump’s Refugee Ban, Haitians Running From Earthquake Devastation Flee the U.S. for Canada

Francois LeFranc, 45, lingers over breakfast in the dining room of the NAV Centre, an Ontario hotel and conference center on the banks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, he displays only one sign that he had been detained by the Canadian immigration authorities five days earlier: a plastic, hospital-style […]

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