Illegals fleeing ICE are pouring into Canada

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Canada is reporting a significant surge in asylum claims at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing in Quebec, with more than 5,500 claims filed since July—a 263 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The increase aligns with a sharp escalation in immigration enforcement measures in the United States under the Trump administration.

U.S. authorities have intensified deportation operations, including military-style raids by armed agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These actions have focused on illegal immigrants with criminal records and have led to over 200,000 arrests and 50,000 detentions so far this year.The administration has also revoked Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 800,000 immigrants from countries such as Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.Canada has also seen a noticeable rise in refugee claims filed by U.S. citizens. In the first half of this year alone, 245 applications were submitted, surpassing the total of 204 filed throughout all of 2024.

To qualify for asylum in Canada, claimants must demonstrate that no safe alternatives exist within the United States.This isn’t the first time Canada has experienced a sudden increase in asylum seekers due to U.S. immigration policy changes. A similar trend occurred in 2017 after the first Trump administration announced it would end TPS for Haitians. That year, over 14,000 individuals, nearly half of them Haitian, entered Canada outside official border crossings during the first nine months alone, many fearing deportation from the United States.While asylum claims into Canada are rising, illegal border crossings in the opposite direction, from Canada into the United States, have dropped sharply. U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows that apprehensions in the Swanton Sector, which includes parts of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, fell by 95 percent, from 1,109 in March 2024 to just 54 in March 2025. Officials attribute the drop to increased surveillance, fencing, and patrols ordered by the Trump administration as part of a broader clampdown on illegal immigration.