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Given that US President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest deportation in American history, Canadian authorities said Friday they’re on “high alert” with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for an influx of migrants from the United States.
News 18 reports that during his first presidential reform between 2017 and 2021, tens of thousands of migrants, including Haitians stripped of US protections, fled north to Canada.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman, Sergeant Charles Poirier, told ARP, “We’re on high alert.
“All of our eyes are looking at the border to see what’s going to happen… because we know that Trump’s stance on immigration might drive up illegal and irregular migration to Canada.”
In Ottawa, Deputy Minister Chrystia Freeland met Friday with a group of ministers tasked with handling thorny issues that might emerge between Canada and the incoming Trump administration.
She said, “We have a plan. Canadians need to know… our borders are safe and secure and we control them.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government wants to slow population growth while bolstering key infrastructure and social services.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault also expressed concerns this week about the influx of arrivals overwhelming his province’s already strained ability to house them.
