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Twice As Many Suspects On Terror Watchlist Arrested Entering Through Canada Than Mexico In 2024

A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) logo is seen on a worker in Mississauga, Ontario, December 8, 2015. (Credit: Reuters / Mark Blinch)

The Biden administration's executive order, enactedin June, has had a major impact on the number of unlawful crossings at the southern border, reaching its lowest monthly figure during the president's tenure for the month of September.

As the focus has been placed on migrants coming in from Mexico, the number of migrants coming into the country from the north has also skyrocketed, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have reported nearly 20,000 encounters with migrants between ports of entry on the U.S.-Canada border in the last year, an increase of 95% from the previous one.

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