TIMELINE 2009 In April, Lucy arrived in Canada and made a refugee claim. 2011 July 11th Lucy’s refugee claim was refused. 2012 May 14th Lucy’s pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) is refused and she is ordered deported. She stayed in Montreal;…
Press Releases
Release: “That was a kidnapping”: CBSA Cuts Fence to Remove Lucy Granados with only the Clothes on her Back. Supporters Call on Minister Hussen to Bring Lucy Home. 15 April Now. Sit In Underway at Laval Immigration Detention Centre: Community…
Call or Email Officials
* Call or write Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen (dial 613-995-0777, 613-954-1064 and 416-656-2526 or write to Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca): – ask him to accept Lucy’s application for permanent residence on humanitarian grounds before she is deported; – ask him to investigate the actions of the CBSA agent who…
Actions
Call to Action and Update, 16 April Update, 12 April Support Rally by Mexicans United for Regularization, 11 April 2018 Rally 24 heures avant deportation et mise à jour, 11 April 2018 Lights for Lucy Vigils, Tuesday 10 April (includes…
Media Coverage
http://mi.lapresse.ca/screens/bff27cca-8aaa-4a63-8d05-c2cc153533a5__7C___0.html Lucy, le vent d’une solidarité Depuis le Guatemala, Lucy Francineth Granados revient sur son expulsion du Canada https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/526076/grave-changement-de-cap-en-matiere-d-expulsions http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/cass-why-is-the-cbsa-deporting-lucy-granados https://theconversation.com/the-deportation-of-lucy-francineth-granados-a-symbol-of-canadas-rising-anti-immigrant-sentiment-95129 Une enquête demandée sur la déportation de Lucy Granados https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/activists-continue-fight-to-stop-deportation-of-guatamalan-community-organizer-1.3881007 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/undocumented-mother-living-in-montreal-for-9-years-deported-reports-1.3883807 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1094917/immigration-laval-lucy-francineth-granados-aeroport-expulsion https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/profoundly-unfair-mother-living-in-montreal-for-9-years-facing-deportation-1.3882025 Lucy Granados expulsée aujourd’hui https://www.courrierlaval.com/actualites/2018/4/13/manifestation-silencieuse-pour-eviter-la-deportation-de-lucy-gra.html http://www.rcinet.ca/zh/2018/04/13/144028/…
Undocumented Women Intercept Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen on Eve of International Day against Racism
Montreal, 21 mars 2017 — Federal Minister of Immigration, Ahmed Hussen, was intercepted by three non-status women a few days before the International Day Against Racism as he entered Montreal’s Sheraton Hotel to give a speech at an academic conference.…