Unfortunately for the Canadians, it seems there really can be too much of a good thing. They’re getting a large influx of Nigerian refugees now and are running out of facilities to handle them all. So they’d like the U.S. to do a better job of… screening Nigerian arrivals to the United States ? (Washington Post)
As Nigerian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border.
Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials to reduce the foot traffic by screening Nigerians more stringently before granting them U.S. visas.

It is a ripple effect that few expected last summer when people, mostly Haitians, began to walk into Quebec via an “irregular” border crossing north of Plattsburgh, N.Y., and seek refugee status.
With the coming of spring, the flow has picked up again. But recently, the asylum seekers have been mostly Nigerian, and their route to the border is more problematic, Canadian officials say.
Margaret Wente at the Globe and Mail cuts through the political correctness and identifies what’s going on with the Canadian government right now. The reality is that the flood of illegal aliens being welcomed into their country is straining resources, particularly in Quebec. The only solution offered thus far is to shuffle more of them off to Ontario, but they say they’ve already got too much on their plate.
Quebec says it can’t afford the bills. Last year it had to borrow the Olympic Stadium as a temporary shelter. Social services are expensive. Last year, the biggest French school board in Montreal had to manage a 14-per-cent surprise increase in enrolment. And processing times are slow. The average wait time for a refugee hearing is nearly two years.
Quebec has been pressing the federal government for relief in no uncertain terms. And now the feds have an answer. The answer is to ship a large number of the asylum seekers to Ontario – provided that is their “preferred destination.”

But Ontario is stretched thin, too. “Our shelter system is at the bursting point,” said Debbie Douglas, executive director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. It’s a familiar problem. The federal government may determine immigration and refugee policies, but it downloads the costs of settling them to local governments, schools and social agencies.
Canada, particularly since Justin Trudeau took charge, has made a big point of criticizing Donald Trump for his immigration policies and showing how “enlightened” they are by welcoming anyone wanting to flee the United States to avoid deportation. This year the bills are coming due and they can’t cover the costs. So now they want us to, “ screen Nigerians more stringently before granting them U.S. visas .”