Northern border sector gets slammed with more apprehensions than previous 13 years combined
Over 1K known or suspected terrorists have attempted to cross the northern border since 2021
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sector on the northern border has seen more apprehensions in the last fiscal year than the previous 13 years combined.
The Swanton Sector Border sector has seen 15,000 apprehensions in the 10 months of fiscal year 2024, the largest volume ever recorded by the sector, over 14,000 more than was recorded in fiscal year 2021, according to a report on CBS 19.
The sector, which spans 295 miles of the border with Canada and covers all of Vermont and parts of upstate New York and New Hampshire, has seen its numbers of apprehensions in just part of this fiscal year exceed the previous 13 combined, the report notes, adding that illegal migrants from 85 different countries have attempted to illegally cross in the area.
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A Canadian Customs and Fisheries officer watches over the U.S.-Canada border between Blaine, Washington, and White Rock, British Columbia, on Nov. 8, 2001 in White Rock, Brithish Columbia. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
The report comes as illegal immigration continues to be an issue at the top of voters' minds ahead of November’s election, with many polls showing voters have been dissatisfied with the record amount of illegal crossings at the nation’s southern border between 2021 and 2023.
While the southern border has received much of the attention, the report notes that the northern border has also reported a record number of illegal entries and apprehensions so far this fiscal year. In FY 2023, a record number of 190,000 migrants were apprehended at the U.S. border, while 162,865 have so far been apprehended at the border with Canada in the current fiscal year.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet refugees as they arrive at the Roxham Road border crossing in Champlain, New York, on March 25, 2023. (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)
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The report also noted that close to 1,100 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) have attempted to enter the U.S. from Canada between 2021 and 2023, making up a large percentage of the over 1,700 total KSTs that have been apprehended nationwide since FY 2021.
Border Patrol stakes out a rural area near the Canadian border, which borders New Hampshire and Vermont, in Canaan, Vermont, on Jan. 20, 2024. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, a White House spokesperson argued that President Biden has "worked to find bipartisan solutions to secure our border and fix our broken immigration system. Congressional Republicans have failed to act, twice voting against the toughest and fairest bipartisan border security agreement in decades."
"President Biden announced actions in June that have significantly reduced encounters at the Southern border and the Department of Homeland Security recently announced changes designed to enhance our ability to remove individuals encountered along our Northern border," the spokesperson added. "However, the only lasting solution to fixing America’s broken immigration system is for Congressional Republicans to stop playing politics and pass the bipartisan border deal."
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