Canada sees spike in border crossers coming from US
There are many in the U.S. that strongly disagree with President Trumps new Immigration policies and crackdowns on the influx of Illegal Immigration.
Despite the fact that these crackdowns have removed hundreds, if not thousand of Illegal Immigrants with criminal backgrounds off of the streets of our American cities, pro-illegal advocates are angry and scared. Some more than others.
There has been a rising number of people trying to flee to Canada in recent weeks. Many of them Middle Eastern in origin, this could very well be an attempt to escape the “Wrath of Trump”.
What I find VERY humorous, is that Canada is arresting these people and VETTING THEM! Making sure they’re not a threat to their country. The very thing that the Trump administration wants to do, Canada is doing. I am honestly sitting here waiting for Liberal heads to explode the world over.
Thousands are leaving the United States for Canada and immigration advocates say the political rhetoric of the Trump administration is playing a role.
Many cross illegally, braving snow and frigid cold in a dash for asylum. They avoid border checkpoints and the risk of being sent back to the U.S. due to a pact dubbed the “Safe Third Country Agreement.” It requires the majority of migrants to apply for refugee protection in the first country of arrival.
Canadian authorities say the migrants come from all over the world and cover a broad-spectrum, including families with children, some pushing baby carriages or carrying infants.
According to the Canada Border Services Agency, more than 1,400 people have made claims at land border ports of entry in the region since November. That’s more than all of 2015.
Some who seek safe haven trek across rural roads and isolated spaces but others simply take a cab to the border, stroll over and turn themselves in.
While there is compassion for the migrants’ plight, authorities are ever watchful.
“They’re not reporting to an open port of entry so they’re being placed under arrest and then interviewed to make sure there’s no national security nexus,” said Inspector Martin Roach of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (Read More)