AIMICI on Borderlines Podcast

Written By Zeynab Ziaie

AIMICI Board Vice-President Will Tao joined the Borderlines podcast for episode #225 to discuss how artificial intelligence, automated triage and rapidly changing policies are reshaping Canadian immigration decision-making.

Speaking with Deanna Okun-Nachoff, they examine:

• Whether AI is merely assisting immigration officers or substantively influencing decisions

• The loss of transparency and accountability in automated processing

• The Supreme Court of Canada’s Democracy Watch decision and the continuing role of judicial review

• Whether civil-society organizations could bring broader challenges to immigration policies and automated systems

• The expansion of national-security screening and its disproportionate impact on Chinese, Iranian, Russian and other applicants

• How allegations of espionage can reinforce racial profiling and harmful public narratives

• Why immigration lawyers, decision-makers and applicants are increasingly overwhelmed by an unpredictable system

Zeynab Ziaie
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