There are NO refugees from the U.S. itself. There is no persecution of anyone on the states to the degree to be considered a refugee. So how are there any claims to hear?

Under the international agreement refugees only claim in the first country they come to. So anyone coming across the border should already be having their claim heard in the U.S.

How should we be hearing their claims at all? They went from their home countries to the U.S.

If a ship from Haiti arrived in Halifax then we are obliged.

The lack of simple logic is baffling.