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The only east–west crossing between Western Canada and the contiguous US, the border crossing is staffed remotely by both countries. Travelers are directed to video telephones 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from the border in Angle Inlet, Minnesota to contact the Canadian or U.S. border agencies to make their declarations.
Canada has since changed the policy, and fewer people from Mexico are now encountered crossing the border. More people are now crossing from East Asia and India, according to Border Patrol.
According to an analysis by Noticias Telemundo, migrants from Mexico lead the number of illegal crossings from Canada, with 4,868 interceptions, up from 882 arrests in 2022.
While the focus has been on migrants crossing southbound from Canada to the U.S., Canada has been bracing for the reverse influx as people flee Trump's threat of mass deportations.
The number of persons crossing the border illegally into Canada (referred to as "irregular migrants") through the Emerson-Pembina-Noyes area increased significantly following then-U.S. President Donald Trump's Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States executive order in January 2017.
The bridge is North America's busiest international crossing in terms of trade volume, carrying more than one-quarter of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States. Currently, there are 119 legal land border crossings between the United States and Canada, 26 of which take place at a bridge or tunnel.
The number of migrants crossing the border from Canada into the U.S. is rising as Mexicans fly to Canada and then go south. A family recently stopped by border agents was carrying an infant in ...
The Border Patrol agents in the Swanton sector — which includes more than 200 miles of land border between Maine and the St. Lawrence River in New York — apprehended more than 19,000 illegal ...