N.L. judge imposing banishment in IPV case signals ‘frustration’ with system, says advocate

An American woman denied permanent residency in Canada due to convictions for impaired driving and drug possession has won another shot at staying here because the immigration officer who made the decision ignored “the best interests of her children and her experience as an Indigenous person.” The immigration officer found Kiley Gem Williams was “criminally inadmissible,” and refused her spousal sponsorship application for permanent residency. The 37-year-old member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma applied to Federal Court for a judicial review of the officer’s decision refusing to...