According to Canada’s Border Services Agency, the number of illegal immigrants crossing southward into the United States has surged since 2022.
The agency sent its intelligence document to senior Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada officials.
“The vast majority were very likely in Canada for less than 6 months of which a large portion were in Canada for less than 3 weeks,” the agency’s intelligence analysis document states.
The document adds that “the majority of individuals who attempt to cross southbound illegally arrive by air, mainly at Montreal Trudeau International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport and move quickly.”
President-elect Donald Trump warned the Canadian government that he would impose a 25% tariff on its products until the country acted to curb illegal crossings into the United States. “This spurred Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to promise more funding for helicopters, drones, censors and ‘boots on the ground to police the border in the past fortnight,'” The Globe and Mail reported.
According to immigration lawyer Richard Kurland, who obtained the document, the Trudeau government has known about the problem for some time but has not acknowledged it publicly. “There’s a disconnect between what the Ottawa politicians are saying and what they knew,” he said.
On November 25, Trump issued a statement warning Canada he would impose tariffs if they did not do something about the border problem. He wrote on Truth Social:
As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before. Right now a Caravan coming from Mexico, composed of thousands of people, seems to be unstoppable in its quest to come through our currently Open Border. On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!
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