TORONTO, Ont. – A number of people have gathered in downtown Toronto for an eleventh-hour protest against the planned deportation of U.S. war resister Kimberly Rivera.
The demonstration is one of several planned across the country today calling on federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to stop a deportation order that would see Rivera returned to the U.S. by tomorrow.
Rivera served in Iraq in 2006 before fleeing to Canada the following year to avoid further military service.
Members of the War Resisters Support Campaign, who organized the protest, say Rivera could face a court martial and jail time upon her return to the U.S.
About 19,000 people have signed a petition opposing Rivera’s deportation, and her cause has garnered the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the American veterans organization Veterans for Peace.
War Resisters Support Campaign spokesman Ken Marciniec says Rivera intends to comply with Canadian law and return to the U.S. unless Kenney intervenes.
U.S. war resister’s planned deportation protested in downtown Toronto
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