We did it! CBSA and Force Four Force have confirmed that footage from the immigration raid on March 13 won’t be broadcast! A recent Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) memo cites “negative public response.” Thank you to everyone who signed petitions, endorsed letters, wrote and called the producers and broadcasters, spread the word and took [...]

“CANCEL BORDER SECURITY” SAY 90 LEGAL, ADVOCACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS May 2 VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – Ninety organizations are releasing an open letter calling for the cancellation of the TV show Border Security: Canada’s Front Line. Prominent international and national human rights organizations, community groups, legal organizations, agencies and labour unions are [...]

Over 175 CULTURAL PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR CANCELLATION OF BORDER SECURITY TV SHOW Over 175 cultural professionals are releasing an open letter of concern calling for the cancellation of the TV show Border Security: Canada’s Front Line. Reposted from here: http://www.cancelbordersecurity.ca/#!artists-media-release/c1b35 One month ago this TV show made headlines when their TV crew was embedded with [...]

Carol Martin, Nisga’a and Gitxsan, speaks at a rally in front of Force Four Entertainment, the producers of “Border Security” reality show approved by Minister Vic Toews. Carol, is the mother of Diana Thompson, whose husband Tulio Renan Hernandez was detained by CBSA in a workplace raid and filmed for this reality show. Renan was [...]

NOII AND CYH LAUNCHING A MIGRANT JUSTICE YOUTH WORKSHOP! In the last few weeks, we have seen a rush of action– and victories such as Sanctuary City– on migrant justice. We need your help to sustain this momentum. As we look around us, we are seeing the issue of migrant justice on the hearts and [...]

Opinion: Deportation is not entertainment By Harsha Walia, Special to The Vancouver Sun April 2, 2013 Last week, Fraser Institute affiliate Martin Collacott took aim at those speaking out against the TV show Border Security and advocating for non-status migrants. While Collacott believes that such a distasteful and dehumanizing TV show is defensible, Amnesty International [...]

As many of you have probably already heard, Canadian Border Service Agency officers conducted raids at number of construction work sites yesterday, including one raid which was filmed for a border security reality TV show. In a show of solidarity and rage, approximately 80 members of the community, including families of those detained as well [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALL NEWS EDITORS RALLY TO DEMAND INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF KURDISH REFUGEE HOSSEIN BLUJANI WHAT: Rally to Demand Investigation into Death of Kurdish Refugee Hossein Blujani WHEN: Tuesday February 12, 2013 at 9:30 am WHERE: Federal Court, 701 West Georgia, corner Granville WHO: Iranian Federation of Refugees, Lawyer Peter Edelmann, Kinbrace Housing [...]

Dispossession Displacement and Division My name is Tracey Jastinder Mann. I am an member of No One is Illegal, a grassroots collective focusing on migrant justice. I come here with great respect and admiration for the resistance that is being shown here today. I also express gratitude to the Tslei-watuth, Burarrd, Musqueum and Squamish nations [...]

NATIVE WARRIOR DEPORTED BY CANADIAN BORDER SERVICES AGENCY January 2013 – A young Indigenous land defender and father (name currently withheld) living on unceded Secwepemc territory has been detained and deported south of the colonial border by Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Unceded Coast Salish Territories has been organizing in solidarity [...]

No One Is Illegal Vancouver Coast Salish Territories “Inheriting Resistance: A Community History Project” came about in light of the recent passing of beloved elders and community members Phillipa Ryan and Hari Sharma. Their life and work has taught and inspired many of us in the NOII collective, as well as many individuals within the [...]

article by Jenny Uechi http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/immigration-minister-jason-kenneys-event-marred-protests-cries-shame Piercing screams of “Shame! Shame!” drowned out applause as Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney took the stage at a speaking event in Surrey.   Video by CKNW980 “That didn’t take long,” Kenney murmured as security began escorting No One is Illegal activist Tracey Mann out of the room. Mann, [...]

Toronto, Kitchener, London, Vancouver, May 24, 2012 — Coordinated by Migrant Workers Alliance of Change, simultaneous actions outside MP offices took place in 4 cities today, with migrant workers, community members and trade unionists demanding the Conservative government reverse a policy that would permit employers to pay migrant workers 15% less. This discriminatory policy is [...]

The Law Union of Ontario (“The Law Union”) is dismayed by recent attacks by the Conservative Government’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, aimed at the grassroots migrant rights group No One Is Illegal. No One Is Illegal has a proven track record of working alongside migrant communities and individuals on issues relating to human rights and [...]

Spotted “Conservative Party of Canada is Anti-Immigrant” posters in the neighbourhood of South Vancouver including on Tory MP Wai Young’s office and displayed in neighbourhood stores. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nooneisillegal/ The text of the spotted poster: Conservative Party of Canada is Anti-Immigrant -More temporary low wage migrants than permanent residents. -Stopping family re-unification & sponsorship. -Decreasing skilled [...]