Border Patrol Says More Illegal Migrants Arrested Crossing Northern Border in Last Year Than Previous 17 Years Combined

One lawmaker is warning a lack of action could lead to ‘a vigilante situation.’

United States Border Patrol Swanton sector photo via AP
Surveillance image shows two individuals illegally cross the US/Canada border at the Swanton sector. United States Border Patrol Swanton sector photo via AP

With the election just around the corner, most of the immigration debate is focused on America’s southern border. However, lawmakers from the Northeast states are raising alarms about what they see as a brewing problem amid a dramatic rise of people illegally crossing into the country across the Canadian border.

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