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This article was originally published on The Center Square and republished here
By Bethany Blankley
Border Patrol agents at the northern border again broke records in fiscal 2024, reporting the greatest number of apprehensions in U.S. history. The Swanton Sector led all Northern border sectors.
In fiscal 2024 (Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024), agents reported 198,929 illegal border crosser apprehensions and encounters, the greatest number in U.S. history, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
That’s after northern border apprehensions broke records every fiscal year under the Biden-Harris administration.
In fiscal 2023, 189,402 illegal border crossers were reported, the greatest number in history. That number surpassed 109,535 in fiscal 2022, which at the time was the greatest number of illegal border crossers reported at the northern border under any administration in history.
Those numbers were up from 27,180 in fiscal 2021, with 6,522 of them reported in the last three months of the Trump administration.
The most were apprehended by agents in the Swanton Sector, which includes all of Vermont, six upstate New York counties, and three New Hampshire counties.
They apprehended 19,385 foreign nationals from 97 countries who illegally entered from Canada, “smashing” last year’s record, and totaling more than the previous 17 years combined, Swanton Sector Chief Border Patrol Agent Robert Garcia said.
Illegal border crossers traveled from 97 countries to make their way to the U.S.-Canada border, illegally entering a sector that spans 295 miles of international boundary with the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The Swanton Sector is the first international land boundary east of the Great Lakes.
In fiscal 2023, Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents broke records by apprehending the greatest number of illegal border crossers in history of more than 6,700 foreign nationals from 76 countries, The Center Square exclusively reported.
Ten months later, that number tripled and countries of origin increased to 85, The Center Square reported. The numbers kept increasing despite claims made by the administration that the border was closed and illegal border crossings at the southwest border were less. In fiscal 2024, nearly 3 million illegal border crossers were reported nationwide, The Center Square reported.
The Center Square has reported extensively about security threats at the northern border, including the greatest number of people on the terrorist watchlist being apprehended coming from Canada than anywhere else.
More than 1,200 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) were reported attempting to enter the U.S. from Canada since fiscal 2021, accounting for nearly 64% of KSTs apprehended nationwide, according to CBP data.
Nationwide, more than 1,900 KSTs were apprehended since fiscal 2021, the highest on record. That’s up from the previous record of 1,700, The Center Square first reported.
Northern border agents apprehended the majority of KSTs after they either resided in Canada or passed through and weren’t detected or apprehended by Canadian authorities.
Illegal entries continued to surge from Canada under the Biden-Harris administration and the Canadian administration of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as both U.S. and Canadian officials expressed alarm about terrorist threats, The Center Square reported.
Of the 97 nationalities reported illegally entering at the northern border under the Biden-Harris and Trudeau administrations, several made records. They include the greatest number of illegal border crossers reported in U.S. history from Canada, from India, and from Mexico, The Center Square first reported.
The overwhelming majority apprehended nationwide, including at the northern border, are single adults, according to the data.
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Predominately single MALES of military age…. hmmmmm
Hey, Vermont what’s your Governor think about this gaggle of illegals , young males
maybe just lost in the woods,.it’s Ok……………………..yeah !!
Illegal is illegal and it is a crime. What is happening to America is an actual invasion, not by tanks, planes, but by another form of warfare. The Federal Government is supposed to defend all borders of the United States, that is their primary objective – Defense. When the Federal Government does not do this job it is up to individual states to carry out the laws of defense of their sovereign borders. What is Governor Scott doing about defending our borders and upholding current laws of America?
Coming in from 76 different countries. That is concerning. Maybe WE need a wall.
Genius idea! It is well known that humans have never been able to penetrate such a highly advanced and prohibitively expensive security mechanism such as a wall. Please raise my taxes another 50% to pay for it. I’m confident no one will ever be able to defeat this! Problem solved. You are hired.
Almost 1/3 of the population of the entire state of Vermont. And that’s just documented encounters, how many actually got through? This is just heartbreaking.
But if you’re a LEO and not working for Customs and Border Patrol, you can’t say anything about the illegal activity and danger you suspect and are concerned about. The ACLU cares more about hurting the feelings of those who are breaking our laws and breaking into our home called the USA than they are about the safety of the legal residents and citizens of our home and the possibility of these illegals hurting them. Insanity.
Great! Then, lets give them the non-citizen voting privileges and driving licenses! Unbelievable! George Orwell could never have predicted this; 1984 huh, how about 2024!
Was just hunting whitetail on the east side of Beaver Pond near the border yesterday. Found multiple empty “Naya” brand water bottles, footprints from Adidas, Sketchers and Reebok everywhere and a tattered straw cowboy hat. It’s a clearly cartel superhighway now- no deer tracks anywhere….
Thank you for your report John. Vermonters should be extremely aware of their surroundings and watchful as the months progress. Maybe an Online Report of On-the-Ground-Sightings should be implemented to help our local authorities apprehend the illegal aliens as they invade our state from Canada? Wonder what Governor Scott is doing about our invasion from the Northern Border? He is quoted from a February 9, 2017 press release as saying Vermont IS NOT a Sanctuary state – So, are we a Sanctuary State or Not, and where is our defense of our sovereign border? Below is the title and a couple of paragraphs from the article:
“Governor Phil Scott, Attorney General TJ Donovan and the Governor’s Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Cabinet Introduce Legislation to Help Secure the Constitutional Rights of Vermonters and the State of Vermont”
Press Release
February 9, 2017
During a Thursday press conference, Gov. Scott explained, “this bill has been carefully crafted through a consensus building process to confirm Vermont remains compliant with federal law, that we would not be established as a ‘sanctuary state,’ and to address the needs and recommendations of our law enforcement partners.”
“This legislation codifies what is best about Vermont – protecting individual freedoms and policing at the local level – Vermonters protecting Vermonters,” said Attorney General Donovan.
link to article: https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/governor-phil-scott-attorney-general-tj-donovan-and-governor’s-civil-rights-and
From the website: governor.vermont.gov