[h=1]'Swiss cheese border': Canadian border patrol union calls for hundreds more workers as it struggles to cope with wave of immigrants fleeing to the country on foot from Trump's America[/h]
- photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada across unmanned borders every day
- Customs and Immigration Union wants to implement a 300-person team to man the border
- port in Montreal, the Saint Bernard Lecolle, has seen more than 200 illegal entries this week alone
- Number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada has increased since Trump's election in November
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The border officer's union in Canada believes that the country needs to upgrade presence along the United States border after 382 people reportedly made asylum claims at a single entry point in January
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Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the Customs and Immigration Union, said those on the ground have said there are more illegal crossings taking place than officials are aware of
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Dramatic photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada across unmanned borders every day from the United States amid fears of a Donald Trump presidency. An extended family of eight people from Colombia were detained by the Canadian Mounted Police officers near Hemmingford, Quebec, last week
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A group of asylum seekers two men, a woman and a baby cross the border illegally from the United States into Canada near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec
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More asylum seekers are crossing illegally into Canada from the U.S., many trekking across snow-covered fields along unguarded stretches of the border, in the wake of the Trump administration’s push to tighten immigration rules
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At least 450 people crossed illegally in January and February, despite bitter cold that usually discourages such traffic, government officials said. In all of last year, the total was 2,400
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The number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at isolated and unguarded border crossings has increased in recent as many believe Trump will start expelling illegal immigrants. The desperate family crossed the border illegally, according to authorities
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under increasing pressure on Thursday to deal with asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada from the US. A woman is pictured carrying a young boy
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Trudeau, who stresses that Canada welcomes refugees, has so far avoided political fallout with Trump. The two talked on the phone about the border and other issues on Thursday but neither government gave many details of the conversation. Officers spoke with the family on Saturday
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Allies and opponents alike say they want a strategy to cope with the dozens of people - mainly from Burundi, Eritrea, Syria, Ghana and Sudan - walking across the border every day
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Allies and opponents alike say they want a strategy to cope with the dozens of people - mainly from Burundi, Eritrea, Syria, Ghana and Sudan - walking across the border every day. A man carrying bulky suitcases also crossed into Canada on Saturday
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On Thursday, some asylum claimants were arrested by Canadian authorities after they crossed into Canada from the US. The man (left) claimed to be from Turkey, authorities said
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A woman, who also claimed to be a claimant from Turkey, was handcuffed near the US-Canada border on Thursday
