More than 960 people crossed into the US illegally from the northern border with Canada last year, according to data released from CBP.
Supervisor Richard Labounty of US Border Patrol directs two small boats which had entered US waters from Canada toward the new dock facility for Customs and Immigration matters on Aug. 2, 2008.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.DERBY LINE, Vermont — More than 960 people crossed into the U.S. illegally from the northern border with Canada last year, according to data released from Customs and Border Protection.
Border Patrol Agent Richard Ross, who runs the border patrol station in Newport, Vermont, part of the Swanton sector, told NBC News he thought the apprehensions were"definitely trending up." He added that the type of apprehensions agents were seeing were"very organized," sometimes using smuggling organizations.
Some smuggling agencies were"exploiting the fact that there's an easier way to make it legally into Canada and then that provides some clientele to then be smuggled into the U.S.," he said. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did not immediately respond to request for comment, but a spokespersonErique Gasse, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Montreal, told NBC News he could not comment on what was happening on the U.S.-side when asked for a response on the increase in the latest apprehensions.
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