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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

He was being deported from the United States by immigration officials in 2011 but before they could send him back to Somalia he arrived on our border and obtained refugee status.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...s-in-2011.html

Sharif had no known criminal history at the time of his encounters with ICE,” the statement said.

He was being deported for immigration reasons. This is probably a quite common occurrence given our more liberal refugee process.