The longest international border in the world has a security problem, and Canada is not treating it with the urgency it deserves.Recently, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin laid out a sobering picture of how people from 78 nations have been apprehended crossing the northern border.U.S.
agents are now arresting a terrorist on the watch list nearly every week at the northern border, and over the past year alone, enough fentanyl to kill 17 million Americans has been seized coming through Canada.Cartel organizations, squeezed by the intensified enforcement operations and physical infrastructure along our southern border, are pivoting north.Federal prosecutors have unsealed a string of recent cases documenting organized smuggling networks operating directly through the northern border.
They are the front edge of a corridor that cartels and transnational criminal organizations are actively developing.CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER REFERS TO US ECONOMIC TIES AS A WEAKNESSCongressional Republicans are rightly raising the alarm, holding hearings and pressing Canada for action.And the Trump administration is recognizing exactly what leverage it holds.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted 7,326 people at the border between April and July, according to official figures.
This undated surveillance photo provided by U.S.Customs and Border Protection shows people illegally crossing the United States border from Canada near Derby Line, Vt.
On July 1, the United States declined to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, opting instead for annual reviews until the agreement expires in 2036.Ottawa and Mexico City wanted the 16-year extension.
Washington said no.Canada's economy is deeply woven into American markets.
Roughly $900 billion in trade moves across this border every year.Canada wants predictability and a long-term framework.
The Trump administration holds the pen.Canada has long been a country that enjoys o...