Punjabi Language Broadcast Discussing the Political Impasse and the Trump Presidency on Immigration Policy and Processing

Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Lawyers · 2025 01 13 RedFM Interview I was interviewed on January 13, 2025 by Rishi Nagar, the inestimable news director of RedFM Calgary discussing the significant changes that the new year has already brought. The interview started by discussing the impact of the prorogued Parliament on immigration processing and policy. While day to day operations are unaffected by the political stasis no significant legislative change can occur. This is of course a time of great uncertainty and it is very difficult to prognosticate (prognostication being difficult in the best of circumstances). At the time of the interview, Donald Trump was yet to return to the Presidency but it is a certainty that Canada will be impacted on a number of fronts, including immigration processing. I did share on social media my thought that 2025 would be a year of refusals and we will see the ascendancy of integrity over integration and enforcement over facilitation. CBSA will be at the forefront rather than IRCC. Other topics included the Trudeau (Near) Decade has seen asylum claims skyrocket, acceptance rates increase, and now an unprecedented refugee backlog of 260,000. the MIA (missing in action) Home Support Worker Pilot... Read more →