U.S. Border Patrol agents in upstate New York rescued and then arrested three people attempting to cross into the country from Canada on a jet ski.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in upstate New York rescued – and then arrested — three people attempting to cross into the country from Canada on a jet ski.
Although two of the individuals attempting to cross into the U.S. illegally were able to walk across the ice toward the Grand Island shore, the third became stuck and required the Grand Island Fire Department for rescue, WIVB-TV of Rochester reported. All three persons were examined by paramedics at the scene before being taken into custody by border patrol officials, Customs and Border Protection told local news outlets.
The Swanton border patrol section along the north of New Hampshire, Vermont and New York saw the largest spike in illegal crossings. Border agents apprehended 548 people trying to cross the border in 2018, up from 165 the previous year. Recent changes in Canadian immigration laws allow people from countries such as Mexico or Romania to enter the country without even a visa. The Canadian route into the U.S.
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