Explores the furious post-9/11 pace of immigration police work in Canada, revealing individual investigators staggering in the blur of competing urgencies. The series pulls back the layers of bureaucracy to reveal the priorities and the police work behind individual cases involving illegals, following their progress through investigation, detention, and deportation.
The Undefended Border (Season 1)
Toughening Up (Episode 1)
Air date: 2002-09-25
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Immigration officers face new pressures as they inspect several cases, including a Turkish military officer and his family seeking refugee status, and a Guyanese mother of two in flight from the U.S. who fears her husband is trying to kill her.
Immigration Task Force (Episode 2)
Air date: 2002-10-02
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Investigators get a tip that a man charged with murder in his native Jamaica has been living in Canada for several years under a false identity. They track him down in a knife-sharpening business.
The End of the Line (Episode 3)
Air date: 2002-10-09
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Examines the immigration system's bureaucratic machinery, and the level of frustration of the officers who must enforce policies and tackle conflicting priorities. Also looks at the apprehension of failed refugee and asylum claimants, visa overstays, and war criminals.
