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Immigration and border security were two issues that dominated 2024 and help decide the November election as the border crisis loomed large over voters.
In an aerial view, immigrants wade across the Rio Grande while crossing from Mexico into the United States on January 07, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act (French: Loi visant à protéger le système d’immigration du Canada), or Bill C-31, is an act of the 41st Canadian Parliament sponsored by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney.
In February 2024 and again in May 2024, Republicans in the Senate blocked a bipartisan border security bill Biden had pushed for to reduce the number of migrants who can claim asylum at the border and provide more money for Customs and Border Protection officials, asylum officers, immigration judges and scanning technology at the border. [79]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., notified members on the floor about the Thursday vote, calling it "the strongest, most comprehensive border security bill we've seen in a generation."
Before 2004, border security in Canada was handled by three legacy agencies that performed individual functions: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA, now defunct), customs; Citizenship and Immigration Canada (now IRCC), enforcement; Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), food inspection at ports of entry.
The proposed new law would ensure ‘secure and stronger borders and a properly controlled and managed asylum system’, the new Government said.
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.