Similarities Between Mexico And Canada
The immigration policies in Mexico and Canada are very different. Canada’s immigration policy is more tolerant than Mexico’s. For example, Canada has gained the reputation for having an open arms policy because of their policy. On average, Canada grants citizenship to about 200,000 people a year. Also, take it into consideration that this is a country with a very small population. Canada only has about 35.16 million residents, that’s less than California. Mexico claims that the United State’s immigration policy is outrageous, often calling it xenophobic when Mexico, which has a population of about 122 million people, only grants citizenship to about 3,000 people a year. Mexico also denies thousands of jobs to foreign born citizens including the houses of congress, state legislatures and other political occupations. Mexico’s government has even started to go further than that. Also, in more recent years, Mexico has encouraged cities to illegalize jobs for immigrants such as
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The amount of illegal immigrants in Canada today is estimated to be around 100,000 people. Mexico has an average of granting about 3,000 citizenships a year and Canada, on average, grants about 200,000 citizenships a year. As you can see Canada has a much more lenient policy, even considering that this country has a small population. Most people immigrate to Canada from the Philippines, China or India. In my opinion, Canada’s immigration policy works better, but does have some flaws. Such flaws may include anyone being able to seek asylum in Canada because it is in their policy to perform background checks on anyone who comes to an airport, the border or an asylum office. Another flaw would be that their policy is so lenient that they may have terrorist threats. For example, a couple of years ago, an al-Qaeda cell were arrests in Toronto. This caused growing concerns about terrorism in their
The amount of illegal immigrants in Canada today is estimated to be around 100,000 people. Mexico has an average of granting about 3,000 citizenships a year and Canada, on average, grants about 200,000 citizenships a year. As you can see Canada has a much more lenient policy, even considering that this country has a small population. Most people immigrate to Canada from the Philippines, China or India. In my opinion, Canada’s immigration policy works better, but does have some flaws. Such flaws may include anyone being able to seek asylum in Canada because it is in their policy to perform background checks on anyone who comes to an airport, the border or an asylum office. Another flaw would be that their policy is so lenient that they may have terrorist threats. For example, a couple of years ago, an al-Qaeda cell were arrests in Toronto. This caused growing concerns about terrorism in their