Northern border communities face a dramatic increase in illegal crossings
August 19, 20244:50 AM ET
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North Country Public Radio
By
Cara Chapman
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The number of people coming into the U.S. from Canada continues to increase. We visit border communities in New York, where the response to migrants is mixed.
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Illegal crossings at the southern border are on the decline, but officials on the northern border say they're seeing a dramatic increase. In Northern New York, migrants make their way through field, swamps and forests into the United States. North Country Public Radio's Cara Chapman takes us to the border communities that are dealing with this new reality.
CARA CHAPMAN, BYLINE: The Great Chazy River flows by a wooded clearing where about 10 people gather for a private ceremony. Some are part of a local group that assists migrants. They're here to honor one they never met - a woman named Ana Karen Vasquez-Flores. Janet McFetridge says she was from Mexico, worked as a quality control technician and was described by her family as funny and kind.
JANET MCFETRIDGE: She was a daughter, a sister, an aunt, granddaughter and soon-to-be mother.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/nx-s1-5069710/northern-border-communities-face-a-dramatic-increase-in-illegal-crossings
