Canada on ‘high alert’, braces for migrants fleeing US after Trump election win
An official warned if thousands of migrants come all at once and cross at many border points ‘it could become unmanageable’
Canadian authorities said on Friday they’re on “high alert” with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States.
US President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest mass in American history, accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country”.
During his first presidential term from 2017 to 2021, tens of thousands of migrants, including Haitians stripped of US protections, fled north to Canada.
“We’re on high alert,” a Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman, Sergeant Charles Poirier, said.
“All of our eyes are looking at the border to see what’s going to happen … because we know that Trump’s stance on immigration might drive up illegal and irregular migration to Canada,” he said.
In Ottawa, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met on Friday with a group of ministers tasked with handling thorny issues that might emerge between Canada and the incoming Trump administration.
