Southern border crisis helped spur massive spike in crossings from Canada as well: expert
Story by Michael Lee • 3h • 3 min read
Diverting resources to combat the flow of migrants at the southern border helped contribute to a surge in new crossings at the northern border, one expert argues.
"The southern border always gets the attention and, therefore, gets the resources and the money, and the northern border then has vast areas that are just wide open," Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center, told Fox News Digital. "During Biden, because of the numbers of crossings on the southern border, they pull resources from the northern border to go deal with the southern border, leaving even fewer to guard the northern border."
The comments come after a report on CBS 19 detailed the plight of a northern border sector that has seen more apprehensions this fiscal year than the previous 13 combined. According to the report, the Swanton Border Sector has recorded roughly 15,000 apprehensions in the first 10 months of fiscal 2024, the largest volume ever recorded and more than 14,000 more than 2021, the first year President Biden was in office.
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