Elizabeth Hewitt

Elizabeth Hewitt is a freelance journalist based in New York and Vermont and an editor for VTDigger.org. She covers public policy issues including immigration, US-Canada border security and cannabis.

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As asylum-seekers trek north, Canada examines border loophole

August 26, 2019Migration

The Trudeau government has started taking some steps to curb irregular migration into Canada. But whether a treaty-setting asylum policy with the US will be negotiated remains a question.