‘We’re So Sick of It’: Northern Border Crisis Gets Worse

Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the northern U.S. border jumped to 10,021 in fiscal year 2023 from 916 in fiscal year 2021.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, U.S. Supreme Court, Allan Stein/The Epoch Times, U.S. Border Patrol photo

HIGHGATE, Vt.—At dawn or dusk, Kristy Brow used to enjoy alone time walking in the woods on her 21-acre property in Highgate, Vermont, a small rural town near the U.S.–Canada border.

Lately, however, she’s cautious—she’s worried about potential encounters with illegal immigrants along the remote logging trail.