Trudeau’s government spends $137 daily for room and board to shelter illegal immigrants in Niagara Falls hotels.. Niagara Falls Mayor James Diodati .The department of Immigration records showed the illegal immigrants bused to Niagara Falls came from Quebec and stayed for months with no noticeable processing of their claims..“We just had people show up on our doorstep and we are left to deal with this on our own,” Niagara Falls Mayor James Diodati said in an interview..“There have been a lot of unintended outcomes. Our food bank usage is up 85%. Our school board has had to hire extra teachers.”.Cabinet, in an Inquiry of Ministry, tabled in the Commons said illegal immigrants had spent as long as three or four months in Niagara Falls hotels at taxpayers expense..The total cost was not disclosed. The department of Public Works, in an earlier January 30 tabling, said hotel costs were $5,392,440..A total of 2,488 illegal immigrants and refugees, starting July 2022, were sent from Quebec to Niagara Falls..“I just got word they are about to take another 500 rooms,” said Diodati..“Currently, transfers of asylum-seekers from Québec to Niagara Falls are dependent on arrival volumes and available room capacity in Niagara Falls,” said the Inquiry..“We are currently in discussions with other Ontario municipalities as well as other provinces and territories to find communities that have the capacity to receive asylum claimants.”.The immigration department identified no city that agreed to shelter illegal immigrants. The Inquiry was tabled at the request of Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, ON)..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Inquiry said the foreigners at Niagara Falls were mainly Turks, Colombians, Afghans, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Sudanese, and Zimbabweans.. Niagara Falls .No federal grants were paid to local authorities or charities to manage the influx, said the Inquiry..According to Diodati, Niagara Falls has no infrastructure or expertise to handle illegal immigrants..“There is a backlog at English language classes,” said Diodati..“We can’t communicate with them to do a skills assessment instead of having them sitting around hotel rooms.”.“I have 14 million tourists planning to come here between May and Labour Day,” said Diodati..“We are going to have serious problems.”.“We have major conventions threatening to leave the city,” said Diodati..“We have hockey tournaments that are not getting the room rebates.”.The immigration department would not name the hotels where foreigners were transferred “to protect the privacy of asylum claimants.” .However, the public works department earlier said it contracted for rooms with the Niagara Falls Ramada, Wyndham Garden, and Four Points by Sheraton hotels.
Trudeau’s government spends $137 daily for room and board to shelter illegal immigrants in Niagara Falls hotels.. Niagara Falls Mayor James Diodati .The department of Immigration records showed the illegal immigrants bused to Niagara Falls came from Quebec and stayed for months with no noticeable processing of their claims..“We just had people show up on our doorstep and we are left to deal with this on our own,” Niagara Falls Mayor James Diodati said in an interview..“There have been a lot of unintended outcomes. Our food bank usage is up 85%. Our school board has had to hire extra teachers.”.Cabinet, in an Inquiry of Ministry, tabled in the Commons said illegal immigrants had spent as long as three or four months in Niagara Falls hotels at taxpayers expense..The total cost was not disclosed. The department of Public Works, in an earlier January 30 tabling, said hotel costs were $5,392,440..A total of 2,488 illegal immigrants and refugees, starting July 2022, were sent from Quebec to Niagara Falls..“I just got word they are about to take another 500 rooms,” said Diodati..“Currently, transfers of asylum-seekers from Québec to Niagara Falls are dependent on arrival volumes and available room capacity in Niagara Falls,” said the Inquiry..“We are currently in discussions with other Ontario municipalities as well as other provinces and territories to find communities that have the capacity to receive asylum claimants.”.The immigration department identified no city that agreed to shelter illegal immigrants. The Inquiry was tabled at the request of Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, ON)..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Inquiry said the foreigners at Niagara Falls were mainly Turks, Colombians, Afghans, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Sudanese, and Zimbabweans.. Niagara Falls .No federal grants were paid to local authorities or charities to manage the influx, said the Inquiry..According to Diodati, Niagara Falls has no infrastructure or expertise to handle illegal immigrants..“There is a backlog at English language classes,” said Diodati..“We can’t communicate with them to do a skills assessment instead of having them sitting around hotel rooms.”.“I have 14 million tourists planning to come here between May and Labour Day,” said Diodati..“We are going to have serious problems.”.“We have major conventions threatening to leave the city,” said Diodati..“We have hockey tournaments that are not getting the room rebates.”.The immigration department would not name the hotels where foreigners were transferred “to protect the privacy of asylum claimants.” .However, the public works department earlier said it contracted for rooms with the Niagara Falls Ramada, Wyndham Garden, and Four Points by Sheraton hotels.
