Safe but not sound in Canada after crossing the border

Being born in Canada is like winning the jackpot — through no good deed of your own, you get the best opportunities for prosperity in a peaceful, healthy environment.
Toward the opposite end of the spectrum sits Taha El Taha.
A Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia — and therefore officially stateless — he was one of the 1,916 people to cross by foot into Quebec last December from the United States, along the now (in)famous Roxham Rd.
Like most of the other 19,000 migrants who arriv