On Friday, Trump banned refugees and anyone with a passport from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The order left border officers confused and travellers stranded at airports around the country.
Former immigration minister Jason Kenney speaks in the House of Commons. (Photo: Canadian Press)
Kenney wrote that Canada should offer temporary permits to welcome those stranded by the executive order, a move he called a "brutal, ham-fisted act of demagogic political theatre."
The Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate also shared a clip of his last words in the House of Commons as an MP, where he praised the role of immigrants and refugees in shaping Canada.
In light of the Executive Order, posting my last words in the House of Commons, where I talked about the refugees who helped to build Canada https://t.co/2t3lMhF5PV
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
Canada's current minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship has said the government will offer temporary residence permits to any travellers affected by the ban.
"Canada will continue to be a government that welcomes immigrants," said Minister Ahmed Hussen in a press conference on Sunday. Hussen came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia — one of the seven countries banned by Trump's executive order.
The federal government also assured citizens that the U.S. has said Canadians with dual citizenship will not be impacted by the ban.
Read Kenney's full string of tweets below:
1/ Just spoke to a former staffer of mine who was raised in Iran. Immigrated to Canada at 14, he ran as a Conservative for Parliament at 19.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
2/ He is so Canadian he has a maple leaf tattoo. He despises the Iranian dictatorship & would be thrown in jail if he returned there. He has
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
3/ renounced Iranian citizenship, & is one of the most hawkish people I know on national security & integration. He is running a successful
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
4/ startup in the USA. As a result of yesterday's Executive Order, he is now barred from entering USA, where he has created dozens of jobs.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
5/ Yazidi refugees from Daesh's genocide, US military officers of Iranian origin & countless others join him in being inadmissible to the US
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
6/ Meanwhile, Wahabi militants from Saudi Arabia are unaffected by this EO. This is not about national security. It is a brutal, ham-fisted
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
7/ act of demagogic political theatre. Now we are hopelessly polarized between the false choice of open-border naïveté and xenophobia.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
8/ The Government of Canada should immediately facilitate temporary residency for bona fide travellers stranded by the EO, e.g. by issuing
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
9/ministerial instructions to visa officers for issuance of Temporary Residence Permits under Sec 25 of Immigration & Refugee Protection Act
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
10/ Republicans in Congress who (rightly) challenged President Obama for making law through EOs should now challenge President Trump's EO.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 29, 2017
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