American officials are thanking the help at the Canadian border, claiming that the “most dangerous people are arriving” the crossing largely without control.
The number of illegal entries of the northern border often overlooked has collapsed since the elections of President Trump in November, but the profits have stagnated mainly in recent months as the patrol of customs and borders has focused on Mexico.
“They had to move the workforce to the southwest border, which opened an opportunity just like the terrorists pass through our northern border,” said representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), who co-presided with the security caucus of the northern border.
“The numbers are not great like the southern border, I understand it, but the most dangerous people are arriving through the northern border.”
The crosses from the Gran Norte Blanco to the United States have dropped from the illegal 12,085 obtained in November to 4,098 caught in February, a 66%drop, the latest available CBP data showed.
As CBP redistributed the agents and resources of the border patrol to the southern border, the numbers that reach the border with Canada have fallen.
The February numbers reflect an important fall, 78%, of a peak of 18,944 captured that illegally entered the United States in August.
It is a marked contrast with the border between the United States and Mexico, which has seen an impressive fall of more than 90% in illegal crosses, from a peak or 301,981 in December 2023 to 11,709 in February.
The northern border is the largest terrestrial border, a tension more than 5,500 miles of wild and large territory without surveillance outside the official border crossing points.
But it lacked the attention that the border between the United States and Mexico receives routinely, until it became the object of a commercial war of beer elaboration among the northern neighbors.
The recently reported publication on Canadian coyotes blatantly announcing illegal border crossings on Tiktok, offering help in exchange for a few thousand dollars. Residents who live alongside the Canadian border have also testified how often people simply enter the United States directly.
“That edge is very easy to access and pass, all you have to do is move from a piece of grass to the next piece of grass,” Kelly said. “You simply step on a line to get to the United States.”
To the north of the border, Canadian Mounties are also dealing with limited resources to patrol the wide strip of space between neighboring countries.
“The varied land and the unpredictable climate on the rapid border of Canada-United States can certainly present challenges on both sides,” said the Royal Canadian mounted police to The Post.
The RCMP said that it had brought additional resources, including officials, drones and Black Hawk helicopters in recent months, and had repositioned members to areas that attract illegal crosses.
