Looking to stem an unprecedented flow of mostly Haitian asylum seekers illegally crossing its border, Canada dispatched a Haiti-born parliamentarian to Miami Thursday to meet with community leaders.

Emmanuel Dubourg, a member of parliament and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, met with nearly two dozen Haitian community leaders and immigration advocates at Notre Dame d’Haïti Catholic Church in Little Haïti.

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