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so ... what exactly is your question?
you're talking about illegal entry to the States via Canada?
if so, Canada now has a bi-lateral agreement with the US (since the 9/11 attacks) prohibiting refugees/ asylum seekers from claiming asylum in the US if their first port of entry was Canada. claims for asylum have to be made in the first country entered - within the first 24 hrs of entry. so, if they arrived in canada first, and did not apply for asylum in Canada, the US has every right to either return (refoulement) or deport them to either Canada (which is the better choice anyways, imo..) or their country of origin.
as in the Brazilian-specific case ... for information, i think you should contact either the Brazilian Embassy in Ottawa itself, the Canadian Council for Refugees that has an extensive database in this regard (CCR), Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) and/ or the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).
http://www.brasembottawa.org
http://www.web.net/~ccr/gettouch.htm
(Janet Dench, in Montreal, would be the person to talk to!)
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/index_e.htm
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html
good luck! 
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