More migrants are crossing the northern border into the U.S. as Mexicans fly to Canada

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

The number of migrants crossing the border from Canada into the U.S. is rising — in one sector by more than 700% — as more Mexicans desperate to get into the U.S. fly to Canada and attempt to cross in frigid temperatures. One family recently stopped by Border Patrol in Vermont was carrying an 8-month-old baby in -4 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. A picture of the family shared by Customs and Border Protection on Facebook showed a man and woman carrying the baby and a 2-year-old in their arms through snow and ice in the dark of night.

Apprehensions in the area where the family was found, known as the Swanton Sector, which includes sections of Vermont, New York and New Hampshire, have increased to 1,146 from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, from just 136 the year prior. Across the northern border, crossings from Canada into the U.S. have increased from 16,000 to 42,000 over the same time period, according to CBP data.

Mexicans are by far the leading nationality crossing into the U.S. in the Swanton Sector, followed by Haitians and Guatemalans, according to CBP data. As the Biden administration continues to use Covid restrictions, via the Title 42 policy, to block migrants at the southern border, Mexicans at those crossings are turned away more than any other nationality, making up more than 60% of all expulsions.

But for those who can afford the roughly $350 one-way plane ticket from Mexico to Montreal or Toronto, their prospects of not being sent back under Title 42 are much better. One migrant, whose last name is Cruz and was recently stopped by Border Patrol and named in a court filing, told border agents he and his wife legally entered Canada by flying to Toronto.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/more-migrants-crossing-northern-border-canada-us-freezing-rcna69588

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Full headline: More migrants are crossing the northern border into the U.S. as Mexicans fly to Canada and then head south

[IronLionZion]

1. Trump's wall would have done nothing for the northern border

or stopped any balloons from flying over either.

It's time to increase legal work visas for these folks to come here and work legally. I was in Vermont this past fall and there were tons of Spanish speaking laborers doing construction, hotel/restaurant jobs, and more. I saw signs for help wanted for $18 an hour or more because of the labor shortage. That's well above minimum wage in many parts of America for jobs that Americans won't apply for.

I think it's safe to say that nobody is "stealing jobs" at this point in our economic cycle.

[kimbutgar]

2. Why don't they claim asylum in Canada if they can afford to fly there?

And no I have no problem with migrants. I’d love to see how the republicans will want to build a wall now on the Canadian border!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The article mentioned that some either couldn't find work there

or were not happy with the jobs in Canada and decided to try to come here. Many of them are being manipulated by traffickers unfortunately.

[Polybius]

5. Climate perhaps is one reason

They are coming from a much warmer climate.

[republianmushroom]

4. Oh darn, another wall.

more bitching from republicans. Darn.