At US-Canada border, migrants attempt crossings in higher numbers
May 12, 2023 08:21AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: This aerial view near Pembina, N.D., shows the vast farmland that covers the international border at the point where North Dakota, Minnesota and Canada intersect.
By Danny Spewak - KARE 11 News - May 12, 2023
According to the most recent six-month data period in Fiscal Year 2023, the Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector reported 100 encounters with migrants from October 2022 through March 2023 — a figure that already surpasses the entire total from the previous fiscal year. Seventy percent of the people apprehended have been natives of Mexico, who can fly to Canada without a visa and then make a crossing attempt into the U.S.
To read the full story, visit the KARE 11 News site here.
By Danny Spewak - KARE 11 News - May 12, 2023
According to the most recent six-month data period in Fiscal Year 2023, the Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector reported 100 encounters with migrants from October 2022 through March 2023 — a figure that already surpasses the entire total from the previous fiscal year. Seventy percent of the people apprehended have been natives of Mexico, who can fly to Canada without a visa and then make a crossing attempt into the U.S.
To read the full story, visit the KARE 11 News site here.
