The lawyer for an American man who sought asylum in Canada says his consumer is withdrawing his declare and desires to go residence.
Antony Vo was convicted on 4 misdemeanour offences for his position within the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol. He was sentenced to 9 months in jail and was supposed to start serving that sentence final June. As an alternative he got here to Canada to hunt asylum from what he stated was political persecution.
Three weeks in the past he was arrested in Whistler, B.C., by the Canada Border Companies Company (CBSA) as a result of, the company stated, it had no report of Vo getting into Canada at any official port of entry. He’s been detained ever since.
Vo’s lawyer, Robert Tibbo, says his consumer was among the many Jan. 6 rioters who have been just lately pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, which is why he’s dropping his asylum declare and desires to return residence.
However the CBSA stated in a letter to immigration and refugee officers final week that Vo was not amongst these pardoned and that this had been confirmed with U.S. officers.
An American who fled the nation after being convicted for his position within the January sixth riot in Washington is now searching for political asylum in Canada. Antony Vo must be serving time in a U.S. federal jail, however as a substitute, he’s spending time within the B.C. mountains. He’s relying on clemency when Donald Trump returns to the White Home.
Tibbo insists Vo has been pardoned. He says that, after a delay, he has been capable of get Vo the acceptable varieties to drop his asylum declare.
Vo “wants to go back to the United States today, and there’s no reason why CBSA cannot or should not be allowing him to leave,” stated Tibbo.
Tibbo says a U.S. arrest warrant for Vo, issued beneath the Biden administration for his failure to give up to a corrections facility, has since been quashed as a result of the cost fell beneath the umbrella of Trump’s pardon. Previous to the pardon, Vo was additionally searching for an enchantment on these convictions.
CBSA didn’t reply to questions earlier than this story was printed.
The company assesses whether or not folks coming to Canada are legally admissible and investigates these already right here who is probably not. It could possibly arrest and detain inadmissible people beneath the Immigration and Refugee Safety Act (IRPA).
