Apprehensions and encounters by the U.S. Border Patrol in the northern Swanton Sector—ports of entry in Vermont, New Hampshire, and northeastern New York—have ballooned by over 800 percent this fiscal year, with Mexicans accounting for the majority of illegal individuals trying to cross into the United States from Canada.
In January 2023, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials at the Swanton Sector recorded 367 apprehensions and encounters, surpassing the past 12 years’ January apprehensions, which had totaled 344. For the fiscal year-to-date from October 2022 to January 2023, there has been an 846 percent jump in encounters and apprehensions compared to the same period in fiscal year 2022….