Republicans Obsess Over Mexico, but Cops Just Busted Someone for Smuggling People Into Canada
Source: Vice News
Republicans Obsess Over Mexico, but Cops Just Busted Someone for Smuggling People Into Canada
By Hilary Beaumont
March 2, 2016 | 2:19 pm
One person has been arrested, while three others are facing deportation, after cops busted a human smuggling operation that crosses a "common" trafficking route through Mohawk territory.
The arrests come as candidates for the Republican primary raise fears the Mexican border is allowing a flow of illegal immigrants and security threats into America — but it's a stretch of water that cuts through the Akwesasne First Nation that police, Aboriginal leaders, and even military intelligence analysts say has become a frequent path for criminals running cigarettes, drugs, guns, and people both ways across the Canada-US border.
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed that they've laid charges against a resident of Cornwall, Ontario, which sits on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River, for his attempt to sneak three others across the border.
Chris Kealey, a spokesperson for the agency, said the Cornwall resident was helping the other three people cross the border from New York state onto Cornwall Island, Ontario, which is in Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
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