OTTAWA — After a Quebec Conservative MP refused to help migrants in his riding avoid deportation and characterized them as "illegal refugees," a member of their family is calling the comments "offensive" and "ignorant."
Leticia Cruz and her son arrived in Canada via Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal, in 2018 to join their relatives, said her brother-in-law José Nicola Lopez.
In an interview with The Canadian Press in French, Lopez said Cruz travelled from the U.S. to join family in Canada because she feared being expelled due to policies under the administration of then-president Donald Trump. She also feared a return to El Salvador, he said, where she could have been a target for street gangs.
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