A Pakistani man was deported by the United States hours after Canadian border services agreed to reconsider his case — but they only sent his lawyer the decision five days later, when it was too late.
Abdul Raqeeb was detained for more than two months in a New York Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre this summer.
CBC News first reported on the family's situation in early September, while Abdul Raqeeb was still detained, and his wife Saba Raqeeb and child Shahzain, who is two and a half, were staying at a migrant shelter in Buffalo. Canadian border agents turned the family away in July at an official crossing, despite showing proof that Abdul Raqeeb has an uncle in Canada, making him and his family eligible to enter and claim refugee status.
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