Why?

You can only apply for asylum in a country you are physically in. Canada could offer him refugee status, if his wife, an American, was willing to move and was offered legal status.

My question is: can they enter into Canada and claim asylum. Why does one of them have to have legal status in Canada to do that?

They could it they can get there.

You cant claim asylum from the U.S. its made very clear that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to that. Its on their website for claiming asylum

That is what I said. Refugee status is different. It's not an agreement it's the law.

Because under international rules he is in a “safe country already”. Is just a mess. The only way may be going back to a not safe country and try entering directly in Canada. This poor guy is in a real situation.

Okay, but this country is no longer safe

But Canada needs to change the designation and that would be a huge deal.

I mean, he should be applying for asylum because he's being persecuted by the United States and there's a fuckton of evidence to back up that claim.

Exactly.

Pretty sure there's already a travel warning about the US. But declaring the US not a safe country (which it pretty much is now) would trigger the tiny orange man so not a good move for Canada. Carney could end up in El Salvador

We’d end up with a tariff on everything and a lot of unemployment

So you're saying the U.S. would invade Canada and arrest its prime minister? That's an act of aggression that would lead to WWIII

Perhaps other countries should remove the United States from the safe country list, as it is not safe!

With international travel advisory saying travel to US is unsafe, it's worth a shot to apply in Canada.

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