Mr. Speaker, once again I must outline an excellent example of the inability of the Liberal government to deport illegal immigrants.
The Baljinder Dhillon family of Abbotsford was ordered removed from Canada in 1993 but never left the country. The family merely waited for three years to go by before applying under the DROC, that is the deferred removal order class program, to be allowed to stay because during these three years they had established ties in Canada.
I contacted Immigration Canada to check on the removal order and was told that the family's case was not even on the list to force a removal, meaning the family could conceivably stay forever without Immigration Canada ever pursuing the deportation.
I continue to be amazed that Immigration Canada has neither the physical ability nor the desire to deport people who have been under removal for more than four years. In this instance I wonder why Immigration Canada bothered to order the family removed in the first place. Why carry the ball all the way down the field only to drop it?