Illegal Immigrants Are Now Using the Northern Border, Too
America’s southern border is not the only one experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of illegal migrants attempting to cross into the country.
Customs and Border Protection reports record numbers of encounters with illegal migrants at America’s northern border with Canada.
“While the southern border garners most of the attention, both of America’s borders are wide open because of the failed policies of the Biden administration,” Robert Law, director of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration with the America First Policy Institute, told The Daily Signal.
So far in fiscal year 2023, which began Oct. 1, some 55,736 illegal migrants have been encountered at the northern border, nearly as many as were encountered in 2020 and 2021 combined. If the trend continues, the northern border will experience a record number of encounters this year. In fiscal 2022, CBP reported 109,535 encounters at the northern border….