Should permanent residents who commit serious crimes be deported to their country of origin? By serious crimes I mean murder, rape, kidnap etc. I have been trying to find statistics about this but have been unsuccessful.
Problem is that most of these people are refugees and will cry that they face discimination, prison or dealth if they are returned.
The way they can prevent that, is by becoming Canadian Citizens after 3 years.
So, yes. After they served their sentence.
Because the victims (or their loved ones) deserve that. They deserve their day in court. Deportation to say... Germany... Because that is where the murderer of your child came from... That would not feel really good, would it...
(OOOOOPPPPSSSSSS!!! emotional bullshit!!!! Beat ya to it, Roman )
Victims want speedy justice and punishment. Even if they wanted revenge, they wouldn't get it from our system. Afer they hear that the criminal recieved appropriate punishment, they never want to see or hear from them again.
If the criminal in inturned in Canada, you an almost guarantee that the criminal wlll never be deported and the press will always be there for the paroll hearings. I would rather we craft up prisoner exchange rules with countries we take people from and return them to place of origin for an agreed prison term.
We take these people in the belief they are good, law abiding poential citizens. When they are convicted of a crime, they violate that contract.
True. And it clearly states that you will be kicked out of the country. At least, my visa says that...
The problem however (although I fully agree with what you say) is that you as a country, will never have such treaty (is that the right word?) with the country you really would want it with, because the sentences/punishments (or even prisons) are not alike. You could have it with western countries, but Asian countries (like Thailand, Indonesia), African or Middle Eastern countries would never agree.
Absolutely they should be.. problem is that they end up in the federal correction facility and they are given a social worker, get religion and hire a lawyer who delays deportation. I worked for Corrections and this was the case all too often.. there are hundreds awaiting so called deportation.. I left corrections in 97 and some of these guys are still in the system according to friends I have who still work there..
there are too many bleeding hearts that jump on the bandwagon to keep them here.. and yes the racist card is played in every hand...
If you commit any crime within a 10 year period it's out the bloody door and back to where ever the hell you came from. Can't go back because you pissed them off there? Tough shit, here's raft go find somewhere else to live.
Oh and if you're thinking of sneaking back in, if you're caught, you're shot on sight. No wasting our tax dollars or resources so you can sit in a nice cell talking to your buddies.