Canada tried to deport terror suspect Raed Jaser

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Source: CBC

CBC News has confirmed that Canada tried nine years ago to deport Raed Jaser, one of the two men accused in the Via Rail terror plot, but authorities didn't proceed and later granted him permanent residency.

Jaser, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, have been accused of plotting to derail a Via passenger train in what authorities have called an "al-Qaeda supported" attack.

Jaser arrived with his parents and two siblings at Pearson International Airport on March 28, 1993. They travelled from Germany using fake French documents. When the parents made a claim for refugee protection, Jaser was a dependent minor.

The family was denied refugee status, but appealed.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/04/25/via-train-terror-plot.html

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Notice a similarity to how the FBI interviewed a Tsarnaev brother without arresting him?

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1. Similar insofar as both things happened? (nt)

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2. He needed a pardon of his criminal conviction to gain residency.

In 2012, Jaser successfully applied for and was granted a pardon on earlier criminal convictions.

"With that pardon, he was subsequently granted permanent residency status in Canada," CBC's Greg Weston reported.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/04/25/via-train-terror-plot.html