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12 Indian students at Canada protest face deportation
Calgary police and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) have identified 12 Indian students as potentially inadmissible to Canada after verifying the status of 20 protesters. The students were part of a weeks-long protest in Calgary against the retroactive denial of post-graduation work permits. The CBSA confirmed the 12 may be inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and they will receive due process before any removal.
Times of India reports that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told the students to go home, saying there is not always a pathway to permanent residency. Hindustan Times adds that immigration lawyer Sumit Sen questioned whether Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has the power to apply the rule retroactively. The protest began on July 24 after about 1,500 Portage College students were denied work permits for enrolling in non-credit courses.
Both sources note that Calgary police contacted CBSA after complaints about noise and obstruction at the protest. An immigration lawyer advised his clients not to attend, calling the situation unique as undocumented individuals were advertising their status. The next legal steps for the 12 students remain unclear, and IRCC has not commented on individual applications.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both Times of India and Hindustan Times report the same core facts: 12 of 20 students checked are potentially inadmissible. Times of India leads with the deportation risk and quotes the Alberta premier's hardline stance prominently, framing the students as having no legal status. Hindustan Times gives more space to the students' grievance about retroactive rule changes and includes legal questions about IRCC's authority. Neither source is overtly pro-government or critical, both are neutral-report on our scale. The careful reader should note that the CBSA has not yet deported anyone, and the students will have due process. Watch for any court ruling on the retroactive policy change, which would affect thousands more.
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Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
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