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Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan migrant known for flaunting US benefits and encouraging illegal actions, has been deported to Venezuela amid President Trump's tightened deportation efforts. Moreno, infamous for his TikTok antics, was arrested for non-compliance with ICE. Despite claiming persecution, his deportation, which had faced delays, marks a significant action under the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
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While the Conservative Party acted swiftly to drop Patel, calling his engagement with the post “clearly unacceptable,†the incident taps into a far more complex and volatile political reality — one that has shaped Canada’s domestic discourse and foreign policy for decades: the shadow of the Khalistan movement and its ties to terrorism, extremism, and diplomatic fallout.