HUNTER: Extortion deportations a good start; too late for slain couple
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The crackdown is tragically too late for Alfred and Joanne De Jong.
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About four years too late, to be precise.
On May 9, 2022, the lives of an elderly Abbotsford, B.C., couple were snuffed out in a horrific torture murder driven by greed. Two of the trio were Indian nationals in Canada on international student visas. One of the monsters had been in the country only a matter of weeks.
In May, Gurkaran Singh, Khushveer Toor and Abhijeet Singh — all in their 20s — were all convicted of two counts of first-degree murder.
‘A tragedy that could have been avoided’
One family member told me: “This is a tragedy that could have been avoided if our Liberal government had done their job of protecting its citizens. These three guys should not have been in this country after they voided their contracts as “students” on their visas.”
The message that Canadians are deeply unhappy with the lax vetting of immigrants to these shores? Maybe it’s now getting through the hivemind.
On Monday, the Canada Border Services Agency announced that it has given the boot to 111 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on foreign nationals suspected of organized crime links.
According to the CBSA, the recent raft of deportations stems from 188 removal orders issued over the last year. Most of those getting the boot operated in the Greater Toronto Area and British Columbia.
A constellation of criminal superstars
What a change 18 months makes. This never would have happened in 2024.
CBSA said in a news release that they are taking action against people with links to the rampant extortion activities connected to Indian gangs, including arch-criminal Lawrence Bishnoi’s crew.
“(We are) working with law enforcement partners across Canada to identify, investigate, and remove those who are inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,” CBSA said in a release.
Of the 188 removal orders issued to date, 91 were in the Pacific region, resulting in 58 removals. The Prairie region accounted for 47 removal orders and 30 removals, while 50 removal orders were issued in the GTA, where 23 people have been removed.
Among those getting the boot, a constellation of criminal superstars.
‘A pattern of criminal activity’
There’s Palwinder Singh, removed from Canada after he was connected to an extortion-related shooting in the fall of 2025. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada found him inadmissible for “being a member of a criminal organization linked to extortion-related violence.”
Amitoz Bajwa was deported after he was associated with firearms offences and an extortion-related shooting, while Jasmer Singh was deported after he was convicted in Canada of forcible confinement.
Then there’s Sahibjot Singh, deported for his admitted connection to an organization that the CBSA says “engaged in a pattern of criminal activity.”
CBSA agents have told me for years that they have flagged dodgy immigrants but an invisible hand from the upper reaches of bureaucracy puts the kibosh on them being barred. Someone upstairs appears to finally have gotten the message.
It’s a very good start
The agency said that in 2025, it removed 23,160 inadmissible people from Canada, including 1,010 rock stars who were inadmissible for “serious criminality.” Among those crimes? Suspected war crimes, human rights violations and national security concerns.
Most of the extortion has made life a misery in South Asian communities in B.C. and Ontario.
Now, the CBSA claims it is in the process of hiring 1,000 new officers with the $30.4-million allocated to expanding the CBSA in the 2025 federal budget.
Of course, this is all too late for the De Jongs, and saying better late than never sounds glib. It also lets a lot of people with blood on their hands off the hook.
Let’s go with: it’s a good start.