(Globe and Mail) A Jordanian terror suspect was deported two weeks ago by the U.S. after crossing illegally from Canada where he was on the run from Canadian border officers.
Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana had slipped across the border to Canada from the United States in 2017 and then claimed asylum in an effort to stay. When he crossed the border back into the U.S. illegally, he was being sought by Canadian border agents after his appeals to remain in the country as a refugee had failed.
President-elect Donald Trump has raised the stakes over border security in recent months demanding that Canada stop people, including terrorists, crossing illegally into the U.S. from Canada.
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