| "Like so many other illegal immigrants desperate to avoid deportation, Nell Toussaint is down to her last resort: an application for mercy on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Broke, jobless and suffering from severe kidney problems, the 39-year-old Grenada woman, who has lived in Canada for a decade, seems like an ideal candidate for 11th-hour clemency—the type of person who would surely endure “undeserved or disproportionate hardship” if forced to leave." (Source: www2.macleans.ca,
"No relief for illegal immigrants," October 22, 2009) |
