Migrant smuggling operation at northern border spikes, locals have Border Patrol on speed dial

Article author: 
Kevin Haggerty
Article publisher: 
American Wire News
Article date: 
Monday, February 19, 2024
Article category: 
National Issues
Medium
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Locals with Border Patrol “on speed dial” detailed an increased presence of smuggling operations at the U.S.-Canada border with accounts of “getaway vehicles” and intel-sharing.

From New Hampshire, through Vermont and to the eastern portion of New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Swanton Sector covers a 295-mile span of the more than 5,500-mile buffer between neighboring Canada. At roughly triple the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, but with only a fraction of the resources, law enforcement officials have come to rely on locals to aid with apprehensions of illegal aliens.Speaking with the New York Post, Swanton, Vermont resident Chris Feeley detailedhow he used to never see people when he was in his tree stand hunting until . . .