WASHINGTON - Rep. Yvette Herrell issued the following statement regarding Justin Trudeau's unjustified and unprecedented crackdown on peaceful protesters in Canada, announcing new legislation that would give political asylum to men and women being persecuted by the Canadian government:
"Justin Trudeau's heavy-handed crackdown against peaceful protesters in Canada is not the action of a Western Democracy, but that of an authoritarian regime like Venezuela.

"Just as we provide asylum for political prisoners, we should do the same for truckers who have been subjected to violence, had their property confiscated, and their bank accounts frozen by a government that is quickly becoming the embarrassment of the free world."

"I am introducing legislation that would temporarily grant asylum to innocent Canadian protesters who are being persecuted by their own government. We cannot be silent as our neighbors to the north are treated so badly."