Top Results For: illegal border crossings

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official, accusing him of lax policies that encouraged illegal immigration. By a vote of 214-213, the House approved two articles of impeachment accusing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of not enforcing U.S. immigration laws, which Republicans argue...

A vehicle that crashed into a Canada-U.S. border crossing in Niagara Falls and exploded Wednesday, killing two people, was a “horrific accident” and not an act of terrorism, New York’s governor said. Over in Ottawa, A jury has found ex-RCMP intelligence officer Cameron Ortis guilty of sending sensitive information to alleged criminals and money launderers...

Military crews from across Canada, as well as firefighters from the U.S. and even Costa Rica are being dispatched to Nova Scotia to help extinguish the province’s ferocious wildfires. The gruelling conditions, what’s been aiding firefighters, and where new evacuations are being ordered. Jody Thomas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser, has...

Just months after eight people died trying to cross the St. Lawrence River, federal funding aims to tackle organized crime on the Akwesasne territory near Cornwall. The money will be provided to the Mohawk community for crime prevention and other policing initiatives. But as Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, there is no quick fix to stop...

The St. Lawrence River, which spans Ontario, Quebec and the U.S., is seeing a spike in the number of migrants trying to illegally cross the border. Jeff Semple speaks with a woman convicted of human trafficking to find out why she did it, and how lucrative it can be.

Thousands of WestJet and Swoop flights could be grounded due to a potential strike among their pilots, with nearly 100 trips already cancelled. Where negotiations between the airline and the pilots’ union stand, and what could happen if the walk-off occurs. Two weeks after the residents of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Alberta left their homes...

It was a tragedy with a B.C. connection. In January 2022, a family of four was found frozen to death in Southern Manitoba. They were attempting to cross the border into the U.S. As Catherine Urquhart reports, Indian authorities are reportedly trying to extradite two Vancouverites for their alleged role in the deaths.

It’s a new chapter for Canada’s Catholic Church as over a thousand people gathered to attend the installation ceremony of Frank Leo as the new Archbishop of Toronto. The director of the special investigations unit has found no reasonable grounds to believe two York Regional police officers committed a criminal offense in connection with the...

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser criticized Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call to close the Roxham Road illegal border crossing within 30 days as “reckless,” saying it was “not a thoughtful approach.” He said such an approach would displace the problem to other parts of the border, a similar stance to the one Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

The debate is once again raging about how to help the heavy flow of asylum seekers through Canada’s busiest illegal border crossing after reports U.S. authorities are paying for bus tickets to get migrants closer to Roxham Road in Quebec. Phil Carpenter reports.

The search for survivors of Turkey and Syria’s earthquakes continue even as the days wear on, and we speak with one of the humanitarian groups trying to help some of the most vulnerable among survivors: children. Questions are being raised in Ohio over the slow response by the U.S. government to a major train derailment...

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it would immediately begin to turn away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, seen as a major expansion of an existing effort to do the same to Venezuelans. He stressed in comments for those looking to enter the U.S. to “stay where you are and...

Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones announced on Monday new measures to crackdown on illegal blockades at international border crossings, like bridges and airports. The measures allow the government to temporarily suspend drivers’ licenses and vehicle permits for anyone taking part in an illegal blockade. Jones also announced $96 million on training for law enforcement and...

Officials in the Rural Municipality of Piney said two separate groups of asylum seekers illegally crossed the Canada/U.S. border in the area at the end of March. Global’s Shelden Rogers reports.

The federal Conservatives are calling on Trudeau’s Liberals to address illegal border crossings of the Manitoba border by amending the safe third country agreement between the United States and Canada. Global’s Sean Leslie reports.

A recent spike in asylum seekers illegally crossing the border into Canada has forced the RCMP to set up a temporary office on Roxham Road in Hemmingford, Que. to help process the new arrivals. Global’s Dan Spector reports.

Mon, Feb 27: There are growing concerns about people seeking asylum from the U.S. crossing the B.C. border, after at least six more illegal entries over the weekend.

Despite an increase of illegal land border crossings, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the RCMP and the CBSA are doing their job effectively during Question Period on Feb. 21,2017.

Municipal officials in Emerson, Man. are calling for help after around two dozen refugees illegally crossed the Canada-U.S. border on the weekend.