We all know about the porosity of our border with Mexico, but what about its opposite number, the Canadian border, which at nearly 4,000 miles is twice as long?
We reported here last week about the phenomenon of illegal migrants, disappointed with America and New York City in particular, heading north again to try out the warmth of the Canadian welcome. Those migrants are benefitting from prepaid bus tickets out of the Big Apple to Plattsburgh and thereafter free shuttle buses north from there to a hitherto quiet unofficial crossing opposite Quebec.
Update: Today we hear from the CBC that some enterprising U.S. Border Patrol agents have been moonlighting by ferrying migrants on that last leg of their journey. That practice, which has been evident for some time, is currently “under investigation” by the CBP. Meanwhile, the numbers of illegal migrant/asylum-seekers coming to Canada are growing rapidly, an estimated 100,000 having arrived in just the past year, straining services in cities like Montreal.
And yet, at the same time, we are hearing from CBS that cross-border incursions into the U.S. from Canada are up as well–“skyrocketing” in CBS terms–by 500% or more.
What this apparently paradoxical situation adds up to is this: just as with our southern border, America’s border with Canada is being slowly erased. This process is entirely in keeping with “NAFTA II,” the U.S–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is a step toward internationalizing North America. Nothing is happening by accident.