“My Canadian training, I’m a paralegal, means I have to tell them that because of our immigration laws, they can’t just show up at the border.” Ventura was part of a wave of Salvadorans who came to ...

Canadian Border Services agents have been instructed to bend the rules for long weekend travelers to help alleviate headache-inducing lineups, CTV News has learned.

Ventura was part of a wave of Salvadorans who came to Canada in the 1980s fleeing civil war. She was sponsored by her sister, but over 10,000 came as refugees over a three-year period.

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Ventura was part of a wave of El Salvadorans who came to Canada in the 1980s fleeing civil war. She was sponsored by her sister, but more than 10,000 came as refugees over a three-year period.