Feds Allowed Entry to Over 40% of Foreign Border-Crossers Deemed Risky: Audit

Feds Allowed Entry to Over 40% of Foreign Border-Crossers Deemed Risky: Audit
An asylum seeker is confronted by an RCMP officer as he crosses the border into Canada from the United States on Aug. 21, 2017 near Champlain, N.Y. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
Peter Wilson
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Over 40 percent of foreign border-crossers deemed by border agents to be security risks were still allowed into Canada by the Department of Immigration, according to a report.

“Due to multiple factors and considerations, the Department of Immigration authorized entry or permission to stay in Canada to a significant proportion of applicants who had received a non-favourable recommendation or an inconclusive screening,” wrote the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in an internal audit obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.