Illegal border crossings from Canada into Vermont have reached startling levels. Here's why the winter uptick is concerning and where migrants are from.
Between October and January, apprehensions and encounters at the Canadian border have jumped nearly 850% compared to the same four months a year ago,During the month of January there were 367 encounters, more than the past 12 years of January totals combined, said Ryan Brissette in a press release for the Swanton border patrol.
The number of border patrol encounters in Swanton started to climb in July 2022. During the seven-month window through January 2023, there have been 2,070 instances of illegal crossings. In that same period, there were 258 the year prior and 225 the year before that.The uptick is causing problems for officials, especially considering dangerously cold temperatures that have put border crossers' and border control agents' lives at risk.
The southern border has also seen an increase in rescues, as the U.S. places a renewed emphasis on rescuing migrants and historically high numbers of immigrants seek asylum at U.S. borders. The numbers at the southern border, the nation's busiest corridor, show a sharp increase in border rescues,5,336 migrants rescued at southern border in fiscal year 2020.22,014 migrants rescued at southern border in fiscal year 2022, which ended in September.Most of the deaths were attributed to"environmental exposure-heat" as people trek through blazing terrain in Arizona and Texas.
Immigration advocates and experts believe the border death toll is much higher, and the federal system for death data long failed to
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