This policy report delves into an
the emerging threat to North American
immigration security building on a
theme discussed on Parliament Hill in
Ottawa on October 2012 and at the
Albany Club, Toronto on November
2013 as part of the Center for a Secure
Free Society’s (SFS) annual Future of
North America Forum.
The SFS report highlights attempts to
violate Canada’s immigration system,
examines Venezuela’s role as a
“bridge” for Iranian covert access to
Canada, reviews the use of cultural
exchange and other soft power
strategies to win support for state
sponsors of terrorism, and presents
preliminary policy recommendations for
strengthening Canada’s immigration
and national security system.

KEY POINTS:
1. Iran is collaborating with
Venezuela and Cuba to exploit
the seams in the Canadian
immigration system.
2. From 2009 to 2011, Latin
America was the largest prior
embarkation region for
improperly documented Iranians
migrating to Canada who seek
refugee status.
3. Venezuelan authorities
provided at least 173 passports,
visas and other documentation
to Islamist extremists seeking
to slip unnoticed into North
America.
4. Soft power solidarity networks
in Canada serve as a “Trojan
Horse” for Iran and ALBA to
establish cover for spies,
saboteurs and other nefarious
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