Illegal Immigration Surged at Northern US Border With Help of Americans

A quiet crisis is unfolding on the northern border as tens of thousands cross illegally

U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Swanton Sector on the U.S.-Canada border detain illegal migrants. U.S. Border Patrol photo

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.—One night this past winter, Lynne Lamon of Plattsburgh, New York, was driving up the U.S. 9 northbound by Canada’s border when she noticed three young men walking on the side of the road.

The men were dressed poorly for the subzero temperatures and wind chill from Lake Champlain. Their down vests were tattered and leaking feathers.