ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the irregular migration flow from the United States to Canada from 2017 to 2020. This irregular migration, defined as unauthorized border crossings, challenges a central tenet of the perceived exceptionalism of Canadian immigration policy by illustrating that while legal migration remains publicly popular and receives political support, the public rejects unwanted, irregular, or illegal migration, demanding strong response from the Canadian government. The 2017–2020 irregular migration of refugee claimants from the United States generated discord in a number of public and political settings. Debates existed over the terminology for unauthorized border crossings, public opinion was divided, and prior to the 2019 Canadian federal election, political parties developed different and opposing positions. Disagreement over costs and funding for the settlement of irregular migrants emerged at city, provincial, and federal levels. The federal government subsequently amended immigration legislation and increased budgets for border control activities.

摘要

本文重点关注 2017 年至 2020 年从美国到加拿大的非正常移民流动。这种非正常移民被定义为未经授权的过境点，通过说明虽然合法移民仍然受到公众欢迎，挑战了加拿大移民政策被视为例外的核心原则并获得政治支持，公众拒绝不必要的、不正常的或非法的移民，要求加拿大政府做出强有力的回应。2017-2020 年来自美国的难民申请者的非正常移民在许多公共和政治环境中产生了不和。关于未经授权越境的术语存在争论，舆论存在分歧，在 2019 年加拿大联邦大选之前，各政党形成了不同的对立立场。在城市、省和联邦各级出现了关于安置非正常移民的成本和资金的分歧。联邦政府随后修改了移民立法并增加了边境管制活动的预算。