How is that different than the U.S.? Are refugees not met with help and kindness in America?

> And even while waiting, we do not separate kids from you and put them in cages

While I do not agree with this tactic, I also think that this paints an unfair picture, since Canada has never experienced immigration issues to the degree that the U.S. has. Maybe the U.S. should do what Mexico did and let caravans of migrants show up at the border in Vancouver?

> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48696974 > And we accept the most refugees in the world

"According to the US-based Pew Research Center, which looked the the UNHCR data, 2018 was the first time the US did not lead the world in refugee resettlement since 1980."

I guess congratulations? I don't necessarily view "accepting the most refugees" as a moral calculation, nor something that should be a competition. But if you want to keep score I guess the U.S. is now 28-1 since 1980. Go America!

"The US is the world's major recipient of new asylum applications, registering 254,300 applications in 2018.

Canada was ninth on the list of new asylum claims with 55,400 registered in 2018, behind the US, Peru, Germany, France, Turkey, Brazil, Greece and Spain."

Jeez only 9th? Worse than Peru?

"An influx of asylum seekers crossing at the US-Canada border has become a political issue after approximately 40,000 people "irregularly" crossed into Canada between 2017 and 2018."

Why is this an issue for Canadians?

" Canada currently is struggling with a backlog of almost 74,000 asylum claims with applicants waiting almost two years for a hearing."

Other relevant facts from your article.

But hey, the U.S. is bad because that's what the news says.