This year’s total illegal crossings exceed last six years combined
The Swanton Sector of the U.S./Canada border has seen a huge increase of illicit cross-border traffic—currently over 6 years of arrests (2017-2022) in under 9 months (FY 2023), officials say.
During the first week of June, US Border Patrol Agents apprehended 141 subjects from 17 different countries who illegally entered the U.S. from Canada through patrol zones covering northeastern New York, Vermont, & New Hampshire.
Countries of origin for the arrested subjects include:
Colombia
Congo
Cuba
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guatemala
Haiti
India
Mexico
Nicaragua
North Korea
Peru
Romania
Senegal
South Korea
United Kingdom
Venezuela