Border Crossings

• Canada-U.S. border a growing national security concern, Republican lawmakers argue

  The new 28-member U.S. Northern Border Security Caucus is focused exclusively on what it calls a badly under-resourced, largely unnoticed national security concern.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2023
  
• Canada-U.S. border policy, security new target of Republican lawmakers

  A group of U.S. lawmakers is launching the "Northern Border Security Caucus," focused on immigration, crime and national security at the Canada-U.S. border.

  U.S. News

  Feb 27, 2023
  
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• Canada defends COVID-19 policy barring asylum seekers entering between border crossings

  The government says its policy is justified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the exemptions it has granted prove recourse is available.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2021
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• Asylum seekers continue crossing into Canada despite coronavirus border shutdown

  New statistics show 21 people were apprehended by the RCMP crossing into Canada from the U.S. in May, despite the shutdown of the border.

  Canada

  Jun 24, 2020
• Canada defends Safe Third Country Agreement as court challenge wraps up

  Under the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S., asylum seekers at a formal border crossing traveling in either direction are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the country they first arrived in.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2019
• Trump administration shifting care of migrant children to private contractors

  So far, the only private company caring for migrant children held more than 20 per cent of all migrant children in government custody.

  World

  Oct 3, 2019
• Quebec should have power over Ottawa in refugee settlement: Bloc Quebecois leader

  Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet discussed cases where asylum seekers had been in Quebec for years, were well-integrated and were selected for permanent resident status by the province -- only to be deported after Ottawa rejected their refugee application.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2019
• 15,000 soldiers deployed to halt U.S.-bound migration: Mexico

  Mexico is trying to curb a surge of migrants from third countries crossing its territory in order to reach the United States, under the threat of tariffs on its exports by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made tightening border security a priority.

  World

  Jun 24, 2019
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• Children facing neglect at migrant detention facility in Texas, attorneys say

  Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 children at the Border Patrol station.

  World

  Jun 21, 2019
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• Ontario government plans to eliminate enhanced driver’s licences used at border crossings

  Ontario is proposing to eliminate an enhanced driver's licence that allows people to enter the United States at land and water border crossings without a passport.

  Canada

  May 14, 2019