http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3419/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Despite public outcry, officials turn blind eye to danger mother of two faces from abusive ex in Mexico </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/PaolaOrtiz.jpg" alt="" title="Paola Ortiz and her Canadian-born children, aged 2 and 4" width="450" height="533" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>On Friday, Sept. 23, Canada deported Paola Ortiz, the mom of two Canadian citizen kids, aged 2 and 4, to Mexico, a country she fled in 2006 to escape sexual abuse and domestic violence at the hands of her then-financé, a federal Mexican police officer.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216#comments Isabel Macdonald Canadian immigration policy Gendered Violence Mexico Paola Ortiz Solidarity across Borders Media Co-op Updates Montreal Stories Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:34:34 +0000 Isabel 8216 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-immigration-has-gone-crazy-lawyer/6184 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/victor_morales.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="327" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Victor Morales has lived in Montreal for 32 years, and is the father of three Canadian kids. Yet when the Chilean-born musician, who is the primary caregiver for his terminally ill Canadian mom, applied for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) rejected his application, citing petty crimes the Montrealer committed years ago.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-immigration-has-gone-crazy-lawyer/6184" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-immigration-has-gone-crazy-lawyer/6184#comments Isabel Macdonald Migration Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:56:03 +0000 Tim McSorley 6184 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca