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Over 100 Migrants Cross Border Hours After Trump’s Election Win and Caravan of 3,000 Want to Cross Before Inauguration

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3 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

A new migrant caravan traveling through Mexico of approximately 3,000 migrants who departed from Tapachula, a southern Mexican city near the Guatemalan border, are headed towards the border in hopes of crossing before January. The caravan is one of many examples of the latest influx of migrants aiming to enter the United States before changes in U.S. immigration policies under Trump’s incoming administration.

Just two hours after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election on a pledge to end illegal immigration, over 100 migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas. The group, consisting primarily of individuals from Central and South America, also included two migrants from Africa and about a dozen unaccompanied minors, among them two young brothers, reports ADN America. They crossed the Rio Grande River and were quickly intercepted by U.S. Border Patrol agents, who transported them by bus for processing.

Agents provided blankets to the children to ensure their safety, as night temperatures can dip in the region. Current policies under the Biden administration allow unaccompanied minors to seek asylum, a measure introduced earlier this year.

During his campaign, Trump repeatedly emphasized his intention to secure the southern border and implement what he calls a “historic” mass deportation effort aimed at undocumented individuals. In his victory speech on Wednesday morning, he promised to “fix” and “seal” U.S. borders, reinforcing his commitment to lawful immigration pathways. “We will make sure those who come to America do so legally,” he declared.

During President Joe Biden’s administration, migrant encounters at the U.S. border reached record highs. Federal data reveals over 10 million total interceptions, with the fiscal year from October 2021 to September 2022 seeing the largest annual surge, totaling over 2.2 million crossings. As the Trump administration prepares to take office, expectations are high for swift policy changes aimed at addressing the migration crisis.

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Canada Beefs up Border Security After Trump Threatened Sweeping Tariffs

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1 day ago

December 3, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

In November, president-elect Donald Trump announced on social media that he would impose a 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico if they do not take an active role in containing illegal immigration as well as the level of illicit drugs entering into the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, after which the Canadian government vowed to secure the border. “We got, I think, a mutual understanding of what they’re concerned about in terms of border security,” Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, who accompanied Trudeau at Mar-a-Largo, said of the meeting in an interview with Canadian media. “All of their concerns are shared by Canadians and by the government of Canada.”

“We talked about the security posture currently at the border that we believe to be effective, and we also discussed additional measures and visible measures that we’re going to put in place over the coming weeks,” LeBlanc continued. “And we also established, Rosemary, a personal series of rapport that I think will continue to allow us to make that case.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is preparing to beef up its immigration enforcement capabilities by hiring more staff, adding more vehicles and creating more processing facilities, in the chance that there is an immigration surge sparked by Trump’s presidential election victory. The moves are a change in direction from Trudeau’s public declaration in January 2017 that Canada was a “welcoming” country and that “diversity is our strength” just days after Trump was sworn into office the first time.

The Daily Caller notes the differences in response from the Canadian government verses Mexico’s:

Trudeau’s recent overtures largely differ from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has indicated she is not willing to bend the knee to Trump’s tariff threats. The Mexican leader in November said “there will be a response in kind” to any tariff levied on Mexican goods going into the U.S., and she appeared to deny the president-elect’s claims that she agreed to do more to beef up border security in a recent phone call.