I want to move to the US from Canada.  Can I illegally enter?  Will the Globe and Mail put up a sob story if I am caught and deported?  I doubt it.  Canada is going in the wrong direction economically, and there is more opportunity for me to make money there.  By this articles logic (or lack thereof), am I morally justified to sneak in, work under the table, and try to raise my family?  Canada is a very oppressive place to live, 50% tax rate, deadly winters, dangerous criminals, apparently it is a rape culture too, and a patriarchy that is oppressive.  So I have the right to claim refugee status no?