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Lizano-Sossa Family

Lizano-Sossa Family

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Started by Anonymous 20 years, 3 months ago
Help stop the deportation of the Lizano-Sossa Family. The two Toronto High School Students from Dante Alighieri Academy who were taken out of their school by immigration officials. This sister and brother whose family is originally from Costa Rica were taken out of their respective Grade 9 and Grade 10 classes. Friends, teachers and the principal watched as the students were taken away to the Immigration Holding Area. Not only were these children traumatized but so were all the other children who attend the school. This does not only apply to the Lizano-Sossa Family but all the families being deported from Canada, all the children being pulled out while they are in school all the families who now live in fear. If immigration enforcement agents are allowed to go into schools and make these community spaces unsafe - then no child will be able to pursue education in Canada without fear of detention and deportation. Granting citizenship to a privileged few is very wrong. What ever happened to the

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May 1, 2006

The massive surge of support proves that Canadians are disgusted by the Canada Border Services Agency dragging kids out of their classrooms. This momentum is shaking the foundations of an enforcement policy that treats children like criminals. We are not backing down until the authorities realize that our schools must be protected from their cruelty.

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Sarah Iyer
20 years ago Featured

this is sickening. schools should be safe places for kids not hunting grounds for immigration agents. bring them home.

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Elena Beck
20 years ago Featured

My kids went to school with them. They are good people and belong here in Canada. Let them stay!

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David Reddy
20 years ago Featured

what a joke. they have been here for years and are just trying to get an education. leave the family alone.

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Jessica Malhotra
20 years ago Featured

This is so traumatic for the whole school. Think of the students who had to watch that. Just plain wrong.

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Kevin Robinson
20 years ago Featured

TOTAL GARBAGE. Why are they targeting kids in school now? Leave these students alone.

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Mark Webster
20 years ago Featured

Unbelievable. Ripping them right out of class in front of their friends? Zero humanity here.

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