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• Canadians could face detention if denied U.S. entry, Ottawa warns

  05-04-2025 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is urging Canadians travelling to the U.S. to be "forthcoming" with border agents, and warns if denied entry some people could be detained.
  
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• Quebec town says U.S. is limiting Canadian access to border-straddling library

  21-03-2025 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Library and town officials will hold a news conference alongside Liberal MP Marie-Claude Bibeau Friday to address the changes.
  
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• ‘Never seen anything like this’: Manitoba border crossing sees drop in trucking to U.S.

  11-03-2025 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The owner of the Emerson, Man., duty free shop along the border said he's seen a massive slowdown in business ever since U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats began.
  
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• Family with kids aged 1 and 2 found frozen trying to cross Canada-U.S. border

  07-03-2025 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP says they kept the family on the phone while tracking their coordinates by GPS and by following their footsteps in the snow.
  
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• Canada must counter border ‘crisis’ rhetoric, internal report urged

  16-02-2025 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The report flagged early rumblings in the U.S. about irregular migration and fentanyl from Canada and concluded that the facts were largely being misrepresented.
  
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• Three men in Quebec accused of smuggling people from the U.S. into Canada

  07-02-2025 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Muhammet Akca, 41, is charged with conspiring to facilitate the illegal crossing of several people in 2024 and is scheduled to appear in court in Valleyfield, Que., on March 3.
  
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• Quebec man extradited to U.S. after pregnant migrant dies in border crossing attempt

  07-02-2025 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The U.S. attorney's office for the northern District of New York has charged Jhader Augusto Uribe-Tobar, 36, with three smuggling-related counts.
  
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• RCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border

  05-02-2025 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP has intercepted migrants illegally attempting to enter Canada from the United States as Ottawa ramps up border security amid growing pressure from U.S.
  
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• Surrey joins alliance with Canadian border mayors as Trump tariff threat looms

  31-01-2025 00:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said at a press conference that the Border Mayors Alliance aims to keep municipal perspectives front and centre in response to the tariffs.
  
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• Border fence erected along stretch of Canada-U.S. border now taken down

  30-01-2025 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Specifically, I felt that this type of fence, barrier, wall (whatever you want to call it) did not symbolize the trust that our two countries have shared for decades."
  
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• Video shows truck illegally hopping border amid rising Canada-U.S. tensions

  30-01-2025 03:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canada Border Services Agency confirmed to Global News that RCMP arrested five people after they entered Canada and were then transferred to the CBSA for processing.
  
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• Black Hawk helicopter flights begin along U.S. border in Alberta

  29-01-2025 03:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP said the Black Hawk helicopter will patrol the U.S.-Canada border in Alberta to search for, and target, all criminal activity in the region — not just illegal crossings.
  
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• Manitoba deploys conservation officers to U.S. border to shore up security

  27-01-2025 18:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Manitoba continues to increase security at the province's southern border with the U.S., with the announcement that provincial conservation officers will patrol the boundary.
  
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• ‘What the heck is that noise?’: New RCMP choppers patrol Manitoba border

  21-01-2025 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP's new Black Hawk helicopters, intended to patrol the U.S.-Canada border near Emerson, Man., are already noticeable, municipal officials say.
  
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• U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont shooting near Canada

  21-01-2025 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  An injured suspect was taken into custody after the violence on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 32 kilometres from the Canadian border, the FBI said in a statement.
  
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• The most significant executive orders Trump signed on day one of his second US presidency term

  21-01-2025 10:13
  
  Trump has declared an emergency at the southern border and rolled back trans rights as he signs dozens of executive orders from the Oval Office
  
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• Immigrants and U.S. cities prepare for Trump’s ‘devastating’ executive orders

  21-01-2025 02:15
  
  Immigrant communities prepare ‘know your rights’ training as Trump guts legal immigration pathways and promises far-reaching actions, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• What does a national emergency at the border actually mean?

  20-01-2025 18:16
  
  Trump’s executive order will surge troops and ‘erect physical barriers’ on the southern border
  
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• Trump’s day one executive orders take aim at immigration, trans rights and oil drilling. What we know

  20-01-2025 17:20
  
  Incoming officials outlined Trump’s plans to gut legal immigration pathways and roll back LGBT+ rights
  
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• Trump plans to ‘flood the zone’ with immigration executive orders. Civil rights groups are bracing for them

  18-01-2025 00:38
  
  Immigrants and advocates are expecting a blitz of actions that gut legal immigration pathways and swiftly reverse Biden-era policies, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• Black Hawk helicopters, drones are part of Canada’s new border security plan

  15-01-2025 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  There's been an 89 per cent drop in illegal border crossings from Canada into the United States since June 2024, the immigration minister says.
  
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• Trump is trying to seal the border while his czar ‘tempers’ expectations for mass deportations

  12-01-2025 00:18
  
  Trump has pledged to close the border and begin deportations on ‘day one’ — but it’s unclear how
  
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• Civil rights groups warn Laken Riley bill could open the door to Trump’s mass deportations

  09-01-2025 23:51
  
  Opponents call the bill a ‘slippery slope’ for Trump’s agenda and a ‘backdoor to mass detention’
  
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• Canada to launch 1st preclearance site in the U.S.: CBSA

  03-01-2025 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada Border Services Agency said it will set up a first preclearance operation in the United States this year as part of Ottawa's plan to boost security.
  
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• Trump’s ‘border czar’ says migrant families will be put in detention centers once again

  26-12-2024 17:20
  
  Tom Homan says the administration will construct ‘family facilities’ for mass deportation plans, including removing citizen children with undocumented parents
  
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• Manitoba premier says conservation officers to help patrol Canada-U.S. border

  06-12-2024 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Wab Kinew says the officers would serve as extra eyes and ears for police and other security agencies and could help in humanitarian efforts to rescue people.
  
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• More border enforcement resources coming before Trump’s inauguration: LeBlanc

  03-12-2024 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s public safety minister says the federal government shares Trump’s concerns about drug trafficking, irregular migration across the Canada-U.S. border.
  
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to the Canada-U.S. border

  30-11-2024 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.
  
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to the Canada-border

  30-11-2024 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.
  
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to border

  30-11-2024 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.
  
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• Alberta mulls boosting U.S. border patrol in effort to prevent Trump’s 25% tariff

  29-11-2024 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith said Alberta is responsible for policing land near the border, so the province will work with their federal counterparts, Canadian border security and Montana officials.
  
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• Polls show growing support for mass deportation as Trump threatens to use military

  18-11-2024 18:50
  
  The president-elect has suggested a national emergency could be declared on the issue - but polling suggests while support for deportations has grown, the majority of voters still back a path to citizenship
  
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• Trial begins for men accused in migrants’ deaths near Manitoba border crossing

  18-11-2024 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The men have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to transport aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
  
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• Human smuggling case heads to trial after family deaths at Canada-U.S. border

  17-11-2024 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The two suspects are accused of being part of a large operation that brought Indian nationals to Canada on student visas and then smuggled them across the United States border.
  
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• As Trump promises deportations, Ottawa says there’s a ‘plan’ for the border

  06-11-2024 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants which could prompt those worried to flee to Canada through its border.
  
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• Winnipeg man charged with human smuggling in border bust

  09-10-2024 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Winnipeg man faces human smuggling charges after RCMP and U.S. Border Patrol officers arrested a vehicle full of people east of Emerson, Man., late last month.
  
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• Department of Homeland Security may have lost track of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children

  20-08-2024 22:39
  
  ‘ ICE has no assurance [they] are safe,’ agency watchdog report finds
  
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• Volunteers leave water at border for migrants as 90 have died in Arizona desert so far this year

  13-08-2024 22:20
  
  Thousands have died and gone missing at border in last three decades
  
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• Trump floats outrageous claim that Black Americans are ‘going to die’ because immigrants are taking their jobs

  17-07-2024 17:25
  
  Trump ramps up anti-immigration agenda by claiming Black workers will be ‘decimated’ without it
  
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• Manitobans shopping in the U.S.: Experts say it’s not as good a deal as before

  26-06-2024 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Southern Manitobans have a history of travelling to the U.S. for shopping trips. But now, inflation and the exchange rate prompt a question: Is it worth the trip?
  
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• Trump sits down with Logan Paul to talk Putin, 2024 election and being ‘very tough on the border’

  14-06-2024 01:33
  
  The fomer president’s rambling hour-long interview dives into campaign rally rhetoric
  
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• 26 migrants are rescued after smuggled and held in a shack with buckets for toilet and no running water

  07-06-2024 19:26
  
  Operation recalls 2022 smuggling tragedy in similar area outside San Antonio
  
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• Trump labels Biden’s immigration order ‘bulls***’ as he rallies in Arizona after felony conviction

  06-06-2024 23:43
  
  Arizona rally marks first major event since Trump was found guilty in New York hush money case
  
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• Biden’s ‘shameful’ asylum restrictions will face legal challenge: ‘It was illegal when Trump did it, and it is no less illegal now’

  04-06-2024 20:44
  
  Civil rights groups that successfully blocked Trump-era immigration plans now plan to challenge Biden’s order that put ‘thousands of lives at risk’
  
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• Trump and Mike Johnson promote ‘great replacement’ theory to unveil election bill at Mar-a-Lago

  13-04-2024 00:27
  
  Republican frontunner and House Speaker echo far-right conspiracy while promoting redundant measure to ban noncitizens from voting
  
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• Supreme Court extends block on controversial Texas immigration law

  18-03-2024 22:37
  
  Supreme Court paused implementation of SB4, a controversial immigration bill that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest and charge those entering the US illegally
  
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• Biden faces ‘beyond disappointed’ Democrats after calling suspected killer ‘an illegal’

  08-03-2024 19:57
  
  The president failed to ‘truly distinguish himself’ from Trump’s US-Mexico border rhetoric, groups warn
  
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• Trump attacks, the border, abortion and Gaza: Key moments from Biden’s State of the Union

  08-03-2024 06:33
  
  The president’s potentially final address to Congress framed his vision against his ‘Republican predecessor’
  
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• Federal judge blocks anti-migrant Texas law and shoots down GOP ‘invasion’ claims

  29-02-2024 18:07
  
  Judge pauses state law based on Republican-led arguments that have been ‘unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War’
  
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• 2 men charged for allegedly trying to smuggle people across U.S. border

  13-02-2024 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two men from Montreal are facing charges for allegedly trying to smuggle people from Canada into the United States last summer, the RCMP said Tuesday.
  
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