Illegal Crossings Into This Northern Sanctuary State Hit a 24-Year High; The Overlooked Threat: America’s Northern Border; NY, WA, VT See Most Illegal Northern Border Crossers: MT, ME, ND See Greatest Numbers of Illegal Border Crossings in History Under Biden
Illegal crossings into this northern sanctuary state hit a 24-year high:
The US Border Patrol in Maine arrested 113 undocumented immigrants in April, the highest number in a single month in nearly 24 years, officials said.
The surge of arrests in Maine, which has two so-called sanctuary counties in Cumberland and Hancock, forced officials to move 29 migrants to other parts of the country for processing, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
“Here in Maine, Border Patrol Agents are working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep our border secure. If you attempt to cross the border illegally, you will be apprehended,” said acting Chief Patrol Agent Craig Shepley.
The increase in arrests, however, are not a result of more people illegally crossing the border into Maine, but instead from an increase in enforcement throughout the state, CBP noted.
The number of people crossing the border from Canada to Maine has plummeted in April, according to CBP, with 157,000 fewer crossings so far compared to last year.
Last month alone saw 78,000 fewer crossings when compared to the previous April. —>READ MORE HERE
The overlooked threat: America’s northern border:
Illegal crossings at our nation’s southern border have nearly come to a halt since President Trump was sworn in for his second term. But while attention and resources are spent securing the U.S.-Mexico border, our northern border with Canada remains largely overlooked. Human smugglers are already taking extreme advantage of this.
The vast span of undefended land could easily become the next hotspot for illegal immigration into the U.S. The Trump administration must devise and implement a plan now to secure the U.S.-Canada border.
Border patrol agents encountered about 8,000 illegal immigrants crossing the southern border in February, which was the lowest figure in at least 25 years. For reference, during the Biden administration, border agents would often encounter more than 8,000 illegal immigrants in a single day. But as illegal crossings plummet at the southern border, they may be poised to skyrocket at the northern border.
The U.S.-Canada frontier is the largest land border in the world. Much of this border is remote, and unguarded, and the sectors in the east are a relatively short drive from several major airports in Canada. Those looking to travel to the U.S. illegally and human smugglers appear to have caught on.
Last year in Canada’s Swanton Sector — an enormous 24,000 square mile terrain that incorporates the borders of eastern New York and the entirety of Vermont and New Hampshire — 19,000 illegal crossers were apprehended by U.S. border agents, more than the last 17 years combined. For reference, in 2021, agents only apprehended 365 illegal crossers in the sector. Border officials, who seized nearly 50 pounds of fentanyl at the northern border in 2024, warn that some smugglers carry dangerous weapons. At the same time, human smuggling runs rampant. In New York’s Northern District federal courts, 55 percent of cases over the last two years were immigration-related. This includes 1,300 active immigrant smuggling cases.
People flew to Canada from 85 countries last year — including from Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq and Syria — then made the drive south to enter the U.S. illegally in the Swanton Sector. That same year, 358 known or suspected terrorists were caught trying to enter the U.S. from Canada. And far from the media’s conjured images of women and children, many of crossers at the northern border are men. In Maine, which has also seen a significant increase of illegal crossers at its more than 600-mile border with Canada, more than 97 percent of illegal crossers encountered in 2024 were single adult males. —>READ MORE HERE
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