US-Canada illegal border crossings surge – and those migrants are heading to NYC
By Stephanie Bertini and Photojournalist Lenny TorresUpdated July 26, 2024 6:58am PDTNewsFOX 5 NY
Migrants in America: The Northern Border | Part 1
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border are surging, and many migrants enter undetected through Upstate New York before reaching their final destination: New York City. Hear stories from the people of Clinton County, New York -- and the migrants who pass through.
CLINTON COUNTY, N.Y. - Mountain Mart, a gas station in the small city of Plattsburgh, New York, was once an unassuming pit stop before a trip to the nearby Adirondacks, or perhaps a stay near Lake Champlain. Thanks to its proximity to the northern border, it’s now better known as an outpost for migrants, the penultimate stop on their long journeys from home.
Under the cover of darkness on a recent summer night, FOX 5 NY’s Stephanie Bertini and photojournalist Lenny Torres found a group of migrants at this gas station, located 30 miles from the Canadian border and 300 miles from New York City.
A man who likely crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally speaks with FOX 5 NY’s Stephanie Bertini.
Stephanie Bertini talks to a man who is on a journey from India to New York City.
This group represents a sliver in the massive surge of illegal border crossings at the northern border: In fiscal year 2021, Border Control logged 916 illegal border crossings in the north. So far, this fiscal, that number has skyrocketed to nearly 13,000.
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