TORONTO — The federal government says a Jamaican man who has been in immigration custody for five years is now set to be deported.
Government lawyers tell Ontario Superior Court in Toronto today that Alvin Brown, 40, is scheduled to leave Canada on Sept. 7.
However, Brown's lawyers are skeptical, noting Jamaica has failed in the past to give him travel documents.
Brown, a permanent resident of Canada since he was eight, has been found inadmissible because of his drug and robbery convictions.
Ontario's top court ruled last year provincial courts have jurisdiction to hear detention matters and Brown is seeking his release in Superior Court.
Critics say the immigration system is broken because it can lead to indefinite imprisonment.
