The 40,000 who live among us without papers
La Presse has a feature about the estimated 40,000 people who live in Montreal in precarious lives without legal papers or status. Some discussion with people and groups who believe the idea of people being illegal is meaningless and should be scrapped; a woman from Africa who stays illegally because her child was born here; a Haitian man who was deported from Canada despite having a wife and kids here; the plight of illegals who are chronically exploited by employers who know they have no recourse.