As America closes its doors, Canada opens its arms

Three months ago, I called out Canada for immigration dysfunction. Now my home country’s president is the one to condemn.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured last month, has said he would use his authority to give temporary residence to people stranded in Canada, if needed, due to Donald Trump's executive order to bar citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY JOHN MCCOOL

February 1, 2017

Last year, during the week of the United States presidential election, in an opinion piece published by The Washington Post, I criticized Canada�...

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