Canadian Judge Denies Refugee Status to Three US Citizens, One Wanted for Alleged Child Abduction

Canadian Judge Denies Refugee Status to Three US Citizens, One Wanted for Alleged Child Abduction
Vehicles wait to enter Canada at the Canada-U.S. Thousand Islands border crossing in Lansdowne, Ont., on Nov. 8, 2021. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
Andrew Chen
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A federal judge has denied three U.S. citizens refugee status in Canada in a case that spent six years on appeal.

“There is a heavy burden on a party who is attempting to rebut the presumption the United States is capable of protecting them,” Justice Ann Marie McDonald of the Federal Court wrote in documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.