Mr. Speaker, if this member ever came to my community he would find out that this is not such a small problem. The fact is these Hondurans are on film. They have been selling drugs to our kids in Vancouver. They have every opportunity and will very likely stay in this country because this deportation system does not work.
The fact is there was a fellow in my riding, until I had him removed to Laos, Boungan Inthavong, who got his refugee status while in prison. It was given to him to block his deportation after he had beaten a 17-year old to death with a bat in my community.
I can cite dozens of examples like this. The problem is this government has no clue whatsoever of how serious the problem is. Individuals in this country convicted of crimes very seldom are deported because this government has a policy of spending taxpayer money to defend them at the same time it is spending taxpayer money to deport them. It is the only government in the world that fights itself and loses.