Posted on 03/12/2019 7:16:01 PM PDT by caww
A total of 4,316 non-citizens were arrested at the northern U.S. border in fiscal 2018, and 2,245 of those were 'Mexican citizens'. Mexican nationals are able to fly to Canada 'without a visa'...
the uptick in arrests on the northern border makes it the highest level since 2011. Illegal immigration at both the northern and southern borders increased last year.
Of the eight Border Patrol sectors on the northern border, the Detroit sector saw the most arrests at 1,930. Vermont's Swanton sector finished second with more than 700 apprehensions. Part of #USBP Maine’s area of responsibility includes the “North Maine Woods”, more than 3.5 Million acres of forest right on the US/Canada border.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Getting it from both sides now.
North Mexico, here we come.
I’m sure Yeb! and W are sorry their dad did not live to see his dream come true.
Lost?
The Canadian connection’s 4500 over one year is maybe one percent of what comes over the southern border.
Ahh, our friends in Canada?
Why do they prefer Trump’s USA to liberal Canada? Just something to ask a liberal.
Would imagine it has to do with climate and preferred end of journey being in the southern states for many, they just think this route might work out easier for them, rather foolish as there are fewer places to sneak across the border (it looks wide open on a map, but almost all the remote places end up at easily surveilled forestry access roads and the entire border is bristling with electronic surveillance between crossings). Some do stay in Canada illegally. I don’t think it’s as easy to find work, there’s no network of helpful casual employers waiting to offer jobs, and construction work in Canada tends to be more union regulated. But it’s probably mostly a question of a warmer climate and a community they know is already there waiting to absorb them. The story does not get into how many might be getting past detection, I would imagine it is a rather low percentage.
Possible also that some of these illegals made a choice of Canada but didn’t find what they wanted and so were hoping to get across to the U.S., at that point, would they not realize that their only option would be to seek asylum since they would realize they weren’t authorized for travel to the U.S., so that being the case, their chances are the same at either border if they can only seek asylum at a legal crossing.
Maybe some of them thought there were easier places to cross between border crossings and once you get here and check it out, you discover the fences and electronic surveillance and, as you can imagine, coming from a warm climate there would be a lack of cold weather survival skills. A native Canadian might have some chance of making an illegal entry (but we don’t need to try), however, many of these central American people would freeze to death long before they found any place with human comforts near our long, and largely remote wilderness border regions.
I hate Mexico and Mexicans. There is simply no respect for our borders or anyone else’s from these people. It’s all about them.
Idiots from this country can’t get to Mexico fast enough to spend their money while the Mexicans are sneaking into America calling themselves “refugees” and demanding “asylum”. What the ….?
Truly, potato face Trudeau is to blame. Visa requirements for our Mexican trade partners would help a little. A fence/barrier/wall in northern New York state would also help. Can we build a wall there and get the Americans to pay for it?
See post 11. You send us 45,000 a year, we only send you 4,500. And you are all excited?
It’s harder to learn French than English :)
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