Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
Immigration attorneys in Canada are being “overwhelmed” with requests for information on how to seek asylum from transgender identifying individuals in the US, according to a report.
The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reports that alarmed alphabet people are looking to be granted political asylum as if it’s a hostile dystopian takeover a la The Handmaid’s Tale.
“We are receiving numerous inquiries from U.S. nationals, including many trans individuals, who are no longer feeling safe at home,” immigration lawyer Warda Shazadi Meighen told the outlet.
Scores of transgender Americans seeking route to Canada, including through asylum claims https://t.co/BUA3DezMe3
— Globe Politics (@globepolitics) April 15, 2025
“International refugee protection is a last-resort option, granted only when a person’s home country is no longer safe,” the report notes.
The attorney further highlighted that Canadian law “certainly includes trans identity” as a valid justification for potential refugee protection from persecution.
“If that fear stems from U.S. state action or inaction, the state is considered the agent of…
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