Illegal Border Crossing

• Canadian woman charged with illegally crossing into U.S., kicking border agent’s face

  A Canadian woman is charged in the U.S. after allegedly crossing into Washington state and kicking a border agent at the Peace Arch crossing, the FBI says.

  Canada

  Jan 3
  
• Trial sees texts between men accused in migrants’ deaths by Manitoba-Minnesota border

  Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel have pleaded not guilty to charges of organizing several illegal crossings of Indian nationals from Manitoba to Minnesota in 2021 and 2022.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2024
  
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• Akwesasne police detain 13 people suspected of trying to cross illegally into U.S.

  Officers found a family of four walking down the road and another family of nine in a private home, and turned them over to Canadian authorities.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2023
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• Woman gives birth in forest near Canada-U.S. border crossing, calls 911

  Police in Quebec say they suspect the family was attempting an illegal border crossing into the United States when the birth happened. Both the mother and baby are doing fine.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
• ‘Persons of interest’ identified in connection with Akwesasne migrant deaths

  Police confirmed in a news release Thursday that two vehicles were seized Wednesday from two different locations in Akwesasne and warrants were obtained to examine the vehicles.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2023
• Roxham Road is now closed. Advocates call the move ‘rushed,’ ‘inhumane’

  The border rule change went into effect late Friday, closing the small and unofficial crossing where tens of thousands of asylum seekers have entered Canada in the past few years. 

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2023
• Alleged border jumper caught with 3 loaded handguns, B.C. RCMP say

  Police say the man illegally entered Canada through a state park on the border with Surrey, and was found with three loaded handguns and a stun gun.

  Crime

  Apr 13, 2022
• Trial of U.S. man accused of helping migrants enter B.C. delayed by constitutional challenge

  The owner of the Smuggler's Inn in Blaine, Wash. is accused of helping seven people illegally enter Canada between 2018 and 2019.

  Crime

  Sep 17, 2020
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• U.S. duo arrested by RCMP after jumping the border at Boissevain, Man.

  Two suspects on the run from American law enforcement have been arrested by Manitoba RCMP near the Canada/U.S. border.

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2020
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• Nigerian sex offender who came to Canada via Roxham Road fights extradition to U.S.

  Adesanya Prince remains in detention at a Canada Border Services Agency facility north of Montreal.

  Politics

  Oct 29, 2019