.....but they have signed up 10,000 illegal refugees as dues paying union members. This screams exploitation or/and extortion. What a bunch of hypocrits!Alleged scam brings Mexican workers to T.O.They come as refugees and take jobs from Canucks |
Federal officials are looking into an alleged immigration scam that's sending hundreds of Mexicans to Toronto as bogus refugees so they can earn good money working at construction sites within hours of touching down.
Canadian officials said large ads are being placed by unscrupulous immigration consultants in Spanish-language newspapers advising Mexicans to come here to work since the U.S. has closed its doors. Mexicans do not require a visa to travel here.
Officials said one ad shows the Toronto skyline and boasts that Canada is "voted the No. 1 country in the world for living four years in a row."
For a fee, the Mexicans are told who to call for jobs and accommodation upon arrival as refugees at Pearson airport, immigration officials said.
Cosmo Mannella of Local 183 of the Labourers International Union of North America said the Mexicans take away jobs from Canadians, and pose health and safety risks on job sites because of language or other barriers.
"There has been a large increase in the number of Hispanic people working in the residential sector," Mannella said yesterday. "We need more workers but getting them this way is bad for the country and industry."
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