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Having failed to beat Canada's immigration system, Alfredo Navarrete, 38, his wife, Maria, and their children (from left) Daniel, 12, Alfred, 5, Ruth,(...)
Having failed to beat Canada's immigration system, Alfredo Navarrete, 38, his wife, Maria, and their children (from left) Daniel, 12, Alfred, 5, Ruth,(...)

Having failed to beat Canada's immigration system, Alfredo Navarrete, 38, his wife, Maria, and their children (from left) Daniel, 12, Alfred, 5, Ruth,(...)

Date10/23/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Having failed to beat Canada's immigration system; Alfredo Navarrete; 38; his wife; Maria; and their children (from left) Daniel; 12; Alfred; 5; Ruth; 7 months; and Gina; 14; return to Ecuador Thursday under a deportation order. Navarrete says travel agents in Guayquil told him it would be easy to enter Canada ostensibly as a tourist and then apply for landed-immigrant status. His group was ordered on arrival in 1969 to leave Canada the following day.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022756F