Edmonton mom facing deportation makes impassioned plea for her and her daughter to stay in Canada

A mother and daughter from Edmonton facing an imminent deportation order are desperate to remain in Canada.

A mother and daughter from Edmonton facing an imminent deportation order are desperate to remain in Canada.

Vangie Cayanan came to Canada as a temporary foreign worker back in 2010, but she alleges her employer abused her and when she reported it, she was let go.

The next year, she moved to Edmonton where she continued to work.

In 2015, while still in Canada, Cayanan had a baby girl named McKenna. That’s the same year Cayanan became an undocumented migrant.

Recently, her lawyer said the Canada Border Services Agency started rounding up undocumented workers and deporting them.

Family friend Whitney Haynes said the government isn’t being fair to the Cayanans.

“She came here legally, under the temporary foreign worker program,” Haynes said. “She was abused by her employer, abused by a system which has abused many people — that throws people away back to their own country just to bring in a new batch of people to do the same jobs.”

Cayanan was told she and her daughter would have to leave the country and go to the Philippines on May 11.