The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
CTV News — Liberals introduce ‘citizenship by descent’ legislation
New legislation introduced today would extend citizenship by descent rules beyond the first generation. Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, would automatically give citizenship to anyone who would be a citizen today if not for the first-generation limit. Under the current rules, a Canadian citizen born outside Canada cannot pass their citizenship to their kid if that child was also born outside the country.
The Globe and Mail — America’s talented foreign students could find a home in Canada
Ambitious young people around the world have long dreamed of studying in the United States, but those dreams are starting to sour. As part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on universities, it has suspended interviews for new foreign student visas, revoked the visas of some foreign students, and plans to aggressively cancel visas of Chinese students. Last month, the Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s certification for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which could mean that current international students could be forced to transfer or risk losing their legal status, depending on the outcome of an upcoming court decision. As a Canadian student studying abroad, my peers and I found ourselves thinking a surprising thought: “Thank goodness I did not get into Harvard.”
CBC News — Supreme Court lets Trump administration revoke status of over 500,000 migrants legally in U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump’s administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations. The court put on hold Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s order halting the administration’s move to end the immigration “parole” granted to 532,000 of these migrants by Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden. That potentially exposes many of them to rapid removal while the case plays out in lower courts. As with many of the court’s orders issued in an emergency fashion, the decision was unsigned and gave no reasoning. Two of the court’s three liberal justices, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor, publicly dissented.
Radio-Canada — Judge extends order blocking Trump’s attempt to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Harvard students stand up for diversity at commencement as judge extends order on Trump’s desired ban. Harvard graduates celebrated commencement on Thursday at a pivotal time for the Ivy League school, as a federal judge extended an order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s attempt to bar the university from enrolling foreign students. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs extended the block she imposed last week with a temporary restraining order on the government action. Harvard sued the Department of Homeland Security last week after Secretary Kristi Noem revoked its ability to host foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Mass.
Le Devoir — L’histoire asiatique est une fibre essentielle du récit québécois
Chaque mois de mai, le Mois du patrimoine asiatique nous invite à réfléchir à la place qu’occupent les communautés d’origine asiatique dans notre société. Au Québec, cette commémoration ne peut se limiter à une reconnaissance symbolique : elle nous rappelle que l’histoire des Québécois d’origine asiatique est intimement liée à celle du Québec, au même titre que les histoires autochtones, européennes ou africaines. Cette histoire est ancienne, enracinée et bien plus profonde que ce que la mémoire collective retient. Dès les premières vagues d’immigration, des femmes et des hommes venus de Chine, du Vietnam, du Cambodge, du Japon, de Corée, des Philippines et d’autres pays d’Asie ont fait du Québec leur terre d’accueil.
Le Devoir — La saison touristique sera affectée par les restrictions en immigration au Québec
Alors que plus de Québécois choisissent le tourisme local cet été, hôtels et restaurants ressentent les effets des resserrements en immigration avec une saison qui s’annonce déjà un casse-tête du point de vue du personnel d’Alma à Gaspé, en passant par Rouyn-Noranda. Résultat : les permis de travail qui viennent à échéance ces jours-ci sont souvent impossibles à renouveler. Même si les joueurs de l’industrie tentent de se faire rassurants, les Québécois et les touristes d’ailleurs pourraient le remarquer durant leurs vacances, avec des heures d’ouverture écourtées, des nettoyages de chambre moins fréquents ou même des hébergements partiellement fermés.
