Child with Down's syndrome facing deportation

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Quote :: A Brampton couple and their two young children, one with Down’s syndrome, are scheduled for deportation next week and pleading with the federal government to reconsider the family's expulsion.

For the sake of their four-year-old Canadian-born son, Daniel and Veronica Carnales are asking Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley to intervene and exercise rarely used ministerial powers to stop their expulsion from Canada. The Carnales family, with sons Santiago, 11, and young Aaron, must leave the country by April 8.

The Defence for Children International-Canada (DCI-Canada), Brampton-Springdale MP Ruby Dhalla and others in the community are rallying to the family's aid. Petitions have collected more than 1,000 names...