Irregular border crossings into Canada increased exponentially in 2017 and have shown no sign of slowing down. Since then, about 20,000 asylum-seekers a year have crossed into Canada from the United States through unofficial entry points.
Most of the blame for the increase has been placed at the feet of changing immigration policies under the Trump administration. But a new study says that’s an oversimplification, noting that there’s a “widespread practice” of migrants entering the United States legally with the sole purpose of crossing into Canada outside a designated border crossing.
