THE Rocker published a video of an interception of migrants illegally entering Canada in the United States while Ottawa accumulates border security In the middle of the growing pressure of the new Trump administration.
The aerial video shared for the first time with Global News Wednesday was taken on a surveillance plane while the messages stopped migrants near the Emerson crossing passage Manitoba last month.
The video shows the thermal imagery of six people who were arrested by crossing the border illegally in the middle of the night on January 14.
Individuals are seen running in a wooded area, followed shortly after by RCMP officers who arrived in vehicles on the ground.
“With the RCMP plane, the RCMP agents stage officers, all six were arrested without incident and transferred to the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency),” said the assistant commissioner of the RCMP, Lisa Moreland, northwest regional commander of the federal police, during a press conference of the press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday.
“To all those who plan to cross the border (illegally), do not. You put your life in danger and you should in no case try.
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The six people arrested came from Chad, Jordan, Sudan and Mauritania, the RCMP confirmed at the press conference.
“These individuals … were not prepared for Canadian time,” said Moreland. “They did not have hats, gloves, mittens or everything we would normally see in a Canadian winter.”
ACBA would not confirm the status of detained persons, including if they have been removed from the country, citing the laws on confidentiality.
The update comes as the RCMP has chartered Two Black Hawk helicopters and use drones to patrol parts of Canada-Us In an effort to strengthen border security, as required by US President Donald Trump.
THE $ 1.3 billion border plan in the federal governmentIncluding a joint typing force and an air surveillance unit “24 hours a day for the entrance ports, was announced in December 2024.
Moreland said the video was published to show Canadians and Americans that the “situation” first -line officers face the border.
“I think the key part is also the part of humanity,” she said. “We have young children who cross, adults who go through less than 30 degrees, not to mention wind cooling.”
Trump threatened to impose a 25% rate on all Canadian and 10% of the energy concerning border security concerns.
He alluded to the flow of migrants and fentanyl as well as the trade deficit such as the reasons for the taxation of prices in Canada and Mexico.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump said the prices on Monday were arrested for 30 days After new border security commitments were made by Canada.
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