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Maybe Trump's mistake is being vocal about it while Canada maintains plausible deniability.

I feel like I'm not getting the whole story here. You don't need a security clearance to become a permanent resident.

Security clearance not as in the kind that you need to work government jobs. Security clearance as in "basic" background checks.

Spot on!

The Obama admin did the same thing. Sure it was technically possible to get a visa but in reality it was impractical and deliberately so.