Illegal border crossings into U.S. from Canada at record levels

America’s newest border crisis takes place up north, with nearly 70,000 crossings from the Canadian side since October. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley went on an exclusive trip with local police patrolling New York’s border with Canada to learn more about the issue.

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[seikclavmckiez]

People think grass is greener on the other side but in reality, grass is only greener where you water it.

[eskimomonkey]

They realized they couldn't afford the rapidly increasing cost of living in Canada.

[purposeforprogress]

It's strange how there is little to no coverage of migrant inflows FOR YEARS at Canada's southern border (from US into Canada). The problem still persists today. While I acknowledge the migrant problem on the US side, I think the coverage is largely one sided. The following is an excerpt from CBC, written in 2018:
The federal government spends an average of about $14, 000 for each asylum seeker crossing into Canada outside of legal border points — a cost that's expected to rise as the case backlog grows, says Canada's budget watchdog.

In a report released Thursday — Costing Irregular Migration Across Canada's Southern Border — Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux said the total cost for the asylum claims process was about $340 million in 2017-2018 and is expected to rise to $396 million

[alial-musawi]

You need to mention how many are crossing into QC, Canada through NY.

This is a 2-way problem.

[MrHand-ihsz]

What's "unheard of" is that NBC is actually covering this border disaster finally.

[PokieManzz]

-from turkey trying to seek asylum in Canada

Last time I checked turkey is a relatively safe country with numerous safe countries around it.
He's not an asylum seeker, he's an economic migrant.

[robertknoof]

It's a major issue and it goes both ways. Record numbers coming into Canada from the USA as well. Just look up Roxham Road and how many are illegally entering Quebec, Canada from NY state and that is just one single crossing point.

[bunnyniyori]

What is odd, is Canada is having a problem with too many migrants illegally crossing IN to Canada from the US. Our border is massive and largely undefended. But why someone would pick our dead of winter is a mystery.

[daidanok]

It should be noted that the number of illegal from the US into Canada is also at record high

[WatchCrew]

If you just don't give them any benefits. They will not come over

[Marisa]

The ‘problem’ everyone is trying to escape is going to become more and more widespread and everywhere; which is a lack of jobs, a lack of food, a lack of resources, and eventually for even countries that still have it, a lack of clean water.

[danielgriffin]

They are going both ways on the Canadian border. What's going on?

[laurendamos]

It's happening to both countries in record numbers. Canada has also seen a huge influx of asylum seekers crossing from the US. It appears Mexicans are trying to get into the USA and it appears that people from other Latin American countries, Haiti, and parts of Africa are trying to get into Canada. I do feel bad for people whose lives are genuinely at risk in their home country. It's such a tricky situation and when you see this kind of movement of people, it's a great reminder how fortunate we are to be born in Canada or the USA.

[cubkegger]

What they do t tell you is we have like 10 times more than that coming in to Canada from the US we've had a record 4500 crossings into Canada at Roxham Rd in Quebec. Something needs to be done either way though.

[maddiesyoutube]

Why not stay in Canada if there's no visa from Mexico to Canada?

[katiecampbell]

At this point I’m about to sell my house and go to Alaska. And escape everything.

[commandoslayer]

I thought people wanted to move to Canada as well.

[aredublo]

Idiocy knows no bounds in the comments

[parttimegenius]

So many homeless here, housing is unaffordable. This is not sustainable.

[ICheat_ILie_ISteal]

I remember when my neighborhood used to be 50% black, 30% Spanish, 15% Asian, 5% white... Now it's 80% Spanish lol
Soon America going to be call SpanRica