US northern border is a massive loophole for Bidens asylum crackdown as crossings hit new record

President Joe Biden has a 5,500-mile loophole in his border crackdown.The US-Canada border — the longest in the world — remains wide open for migrants seeking to enter the country illegally and claim asylum because it’s not part of the Biden administration’s latest restrictions, sources told The Post.Without the same restrictions as the southern border, a record 3,600 migrants entered illegally in June — more than recorded crossings for all of 2022, according to leaked Homeland Security data obtained by The Post.“The executive order doesn’t affect us,” a Border Patrol source at the northern border told The Post.“Family units are getting released and singles are sent to detention for adjudication.”Even with Biden’s asylum restrictions on the southern border, the administration allowed in more than 100,000 migrants in June, according to The Post’s recent analysis of leaked Homeland Security data.The policy is meant to bar asylum access to migrants who enter illegally until such crossings fall below an average of 1,500 per day.It does, however, offer a multitude of exceptions.Meanwhile, the northern border has become an opportune place for migrants trying to enter the US illegally in recent years as the area has few barriers and fewer border agents, DHS sources told The Post.The surge in illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border has also pulled resources from the northern border, including agents who have been moved to help interview migrants caught down south via video conference calls.Border agents have also been physically deployed south to temporarily help their colleagues process migrants over the last three years.The Swanton sector — which covers New York, Vermont and New Hampshire —  has seen become the number one area in the northern border for illegal crossings and has seen migrants coming from 85 different countries since October.Between October and May across the entire northern border, agents also saw thousands of migrants c...

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Publisher: New York Post

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