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She's here to stay, Merlene McKenzie gets a kiss from her lawyer, Mendel Green, yesterday after hearing she can stay in Canada. McKenzie, an illegal i(...)
She's here to stay, Merlene McKenzie gets a kiss from her lawyer, Mendel Green, yesterday after hearing she can stay in Canada. McKenzie, an illegal i(...)

She's here to stay, Merlene McKenzie gets a kiss from her lawyer, Mendel Green, yesterday after hearing she can stay in Canada. McKenzie, an illegal i(...)

Date1/13/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: She's here to stay; Merlene McKenzie gets a kiss from her lawyer; Mendel Green; yesterday after hearing she can stay in Canada. McKenzie; an illegal immigrant for more than six years; had been put in custody when she came forward to apply under a federal amnesty program.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023815F
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