Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents experienced an increase in migrant apprehensions of nearly 800 percent during the first two months of the new fiscal year. During the last four months, the agents in this Canadian border sector apprehended more migrants than were apprehended in the entire FY22.
The Canadian Border Services Agency has been using Chinese comms tech for years that is banned by the United States over security concerns.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued migrants in New York and Vermont from dangerous weather conditions after they entered the U.S. from Canada. One of the incidents involved a migrant family including small children.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents experienced an increase of nearly 484 percent in the number of migrants apprehended in the first two months of the new fiscal year. In October and November this year, agents apprehended approximately 473 migrants compared to only 81 apprehensions during the same period last year.
Detroit Sector Border Patrol agents thwarted a human smuggling attempt on the St. Clair River that separates Canada and Michigan. The interdiction led to the apprehension of a man from the Dominican Republic and two women from Mexico.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents joined local law enforcement and first responders to rescue a group of Indian nationals crossing the Saint Regis River from Canada into New York. Their overloaded craft began to sink into near-freezing water.
Alberta’s ruling Conservatives denied members had negotiated with anti-mandate truckers, but noted that vax passports could end within days.
Prosecutors in Montana charged two Seattle, Washington, residents with smuggling a group of Mexican migrants across the Canadian border into the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers rescued a kidnapped teenage girl as her abductor attempted to take her across the U.S. border into Canada. The officers arrested the alleged kidnapper and turned him over to police in Vermont.
Video obtained from a U.S. Border Patrol drone in Washington’s Blaine Sector led agents to migrants crossing from Canada.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents spotted a group of foreign nationals who illegally crossed the Canadian border into Vermont by simply driving across the lawn of a public library. The migrants came to the U.S. from three different countries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working a Canadian crossing in North Dakota seized $36,000 in fake U.S. currency.
Buffalo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested six migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border into New York. At least four had previously been deported from the United States.
Houlton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Chinese woman after she illegally crossed the border from Canada. During a search, the agents found the woman to be in possession of 13 gold bars and $10,000 in U.S. currency.
Grand Forks Sector Border Patrol agents arrested eight migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border into North Dakota. The agents identified the group as Bolivian nationals — some of whom had previously been declared inadmissible.
Houlton Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Jackman Station in Maine arrested a group of five Mexican nationals after they illegally crossed the border from Canada.
Border Patrol agents in upstate New York arrested an Italian and two Indian migrants after they illegally crossed the border from Canada. The arrests came as agents disrupted a human smuggling attempt near Fort Covington, New York.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called on Tuesday for closing the U.S. borders and putting a coronavirus mobile testing site in every county by the end of the week.
A federal court in Maine sentenced a Mexican national to eight months time served for smuggling a group of Mexican migrants across the Canadian border.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of Indian migrants after smugglers illegally moved them across the border into New York from Canada.
Houlton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four Brazilian migrants who initially entered the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas.
U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended a Canadian national wanted in his home country on child pornography charges. The man faces child porn distribution allegations since his arrest in May.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended seven Mexican nationals after they illegally crossed the border from Canada into New York.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 10 migrants after they illegally crossed the Canadian border into New York. The apprehensions came in a series of disrupted human smuggling attempts.
Buffalo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three people on a jet ski on a frozen lake at the New York-Canada border. Two were determined to be migrants illegally attempting to enter the U.S.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two Mexican migrants who became lost after illegally crossing into the U.S. from Canada. The migrants became lost in a swampy area where weather conditions hit 19 degrees with a wind chill.
A federal jury in New York convicted four men for smuggling a Georgian woman across the Canadian border into the U.S.
Border Patrol agents arrested a Canadian man after he illegally crossed the border into Vermont. The man has prior convictions in Canada for manslaughter and other crimes.
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Swanton Sector arrested a group of illegal immigrants from Europe shortly after they crossed from Canada into Vermont. The illegal immigrants came from France (4) and Romania (7).
Early morning action by Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents stationed in New York led to the arrest of a Turkish national being illegally smuggled into the U.S. The man entered illegally by crossing the border from Canada into New York.
Border Patrol agents caught a Honduran national with a criminal record and long immigration history trying to cross the Canadian-U.S. border this week.
A Vermont man is in jail after he allegedly sprayed a U.S. Border Patrol car with liquid manure after confronting agents about not arresting enough illegal alien farm workers.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the Canadian government is sending “about 100” soldiers to assist police and border guards at the remote road on the Quebec-New York border that has become the nexus of an outpouring of illegal aliens living in America.
Border Patrol agents working out of the Buffalo Station in New York responded to a call about suspected illegal aliens at a gas station. After investigating, the agents arrested three, including one with an arrest warrant for indecent liberties with a child from North Carolina.
The Canadian city of Montreal has turned the city’s Olympic Stadium into a makeshift asylum centre as the number of migrants crossing the border from the U.S. continues to increase.
Border Patrol agents in Vermont busted a human smuggler who allegedly helped a Greek national cross the Canadian border illegally.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in New York stopped a human smuggling attempt near the Canadian border. Three people were arrested including a Russian, a Georgian, and a U.S. naturalized citizen born in Russia.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents joined with Royal Canadian Mounties to stop five Polish citizens from illegally entering the United States.
A Mexican woman was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents after entering the United States illegally from Canada. A Canadian citizen was also arrested for allegedly helping smuggle the woman across the border.
A Saudi Arabian man who was previously convicted in the United States for distributing child pornography was arrested by Border Patrol Agents near the Canadian border. Agents from the Erie Border Patrol Station were called to assist officers from Immigration
