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The terms of reference for the commission were: "To conduct such investigations regarding alleged war criminals in Canada, including whether any such persons are now resident in Canada and when and how they obtained entry to Canada, as in the opinion of the Commissioner are necessary in order to enable him to report to the Governor in Council his recommendations and advice relating to what ...
The commission's final report was issued at the end of 1986 in two parts. It alleged that Nazi war criminals had immigrated to Canada and in some cases were still residing in the country, [ 26 ] and recommended changes to criminal and citizenship law to allow Canada to prosecute war criminals. [ 26 ]
Following World War II, Canada held investigations and proceedings against war criminals that lasted until 1948.During the 1950s, an anti-communist political climate turned public opinion away from the atrocities of the World War II and allegedly resulted in an immigration policy which was more permissive to former Nazis.
Immigration and naturalization, border security and drug interdiction, admission of refugees, treaties, conventions and international agreements, claims against the United States, private immigration and claims bills, and non-border enforcement. [1]
These were the Ministry of Mines and Resources from 1936 to 1949, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration from 1950 to 1966 and 1977 up to present, the Department of Manpower and Immigration from 1966 to 1977, and the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission which was created in 1977. [10] Department of Manpower and Immigration: 1966 ...
The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) is a standing committee of the Canadian House of Commons that studies issues related to citizenship and immigration in Canada. [ 1 ] It has oversight of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada , as well as monitoring federal policy ...
This made immigration more a matter of commerce than revenue. In 1903, Congress transferred the Bureau of Immigration to the newly created (now-defunct) Department of Commerce and Labor, and on June 10, 1933, the agency was established as the Immigration and Naturalization Service. [1]
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 required the Immigration and Naturalization Services (that would later be restructured as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its sub-agency, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) to cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies to determine the ...