As the migrant “caravan” approaches Tijuana, the Trump administration has been working to limit the amount of immigrants who can enter the US through asylum. In a presidential proclamation that was released on November 9, 2018, the wording makes it very clear that these new limits in the area of asylum are being specifically put in place to stop people who have been slowly making their way towards the US border.
In a major turn around from my last post, Canadians working in the legal pot industry will be mostly admissible to the US without incident as long as they are coming into the States for reasons unrelated to the marijuana industry.
While the policy of separating families at the border have been headline news, last year’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order that directed government officials to “rigorously enforce” immigration laws has serious consequences for US companies. The April 2017 order, followed by legislation that aims to cut legal immigration in half, means that this summer saw less immigrant workers than before, and that means some very real problems for businesses that rely on those migrant workers.
An unnamed top border US border official has confirmed that those who work in, or invest in the soon-to-be legal Pot trade in Canada will be treated like drug traffickers and risk being turned away at the border at the minimum or worse. While it might seem insane, any legal jobs involving cannabis in Canada — or even legal investing in the marijuana industry in Canada — will result in your being treated as a member of an illegal drug cartel by Customs and Border Protection.
