Canada: Guidy Mamann

Permanent Residents Dept: These are young children brought to Canada at a young age as permanent residents, raised and schooled in Canada . . . but never took out citizenship, lawyer Guidy Mamann told a news conference Thursday, according to The Star. The lawyers also including Mendel Green, Barbara Jackman, Robin Seligman and Andras Schreck said Ottawa s Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act would in fact target permanent residents convicted of minor crimes and under a proposed new law, thousands of permanent residents could lose their status and be deported for minor convictions, from shoplifting to traffic and drug offences, warn Canada s top immigration lawyers. It is unconscionable that a country like Canada, which has always allowed for second chances, to now embark on a new one strike you re out approach. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.