Canada just deported two dozen Portuguese immigrants because their work permits expired and the public is divided. They were working illegally but by all accounts were family people, etc.

Our Immigration Minister said:

"Obviously, it's a heart-wrenching thing for people to see their family and friends removed. We are compassionate. But we have to uphold the laws of the country."

Immigration is so complicated. We're sometimes not able to deport the "criminal element" and that outrages Canadians more. But like moose said, sometimes those illegal immigrants have been here since they were two and are then deported to a country they don't know.