Center for Immigration Studies

With President-Elect Trump promising a “mass deportation” program for aliens here illegally, Canada is bracing for a surge of third-country migrants headed north. Expect the “world’s longest undefended border” to soon be a little more defended, as a migrant surge would likely imperil the electoral prospects of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party.

“Canada Prepares for a Rise in Border Crossings”. Two days after the November 5 U.S. presidential election, Canada’s national public broadcast outlet, the CBC, published an article headlined “Canada prepares for a rise in border crossings with threat of mass deportations under Trump”.

That article noted there was a surge in illegal border crossings into Canada in 2017 after Trump was elected president the first time, and warned that something similar or worse could occur following his latest electoral victory, which was bolstered by his promises of expanded immigration enforcement:

The mere threat of mass deportation could lead to a rise in both asylum claims at official ports of entry and attempts to make clandestine crossings into Canada, said Jennifer Elrick, an associate professor of sociology at McGill University who studies immigration policy.

Overall, the second Trump presidency could have a “profound impact on Canada’s borders,” Elrick said.

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