‘Operation Jagdakommando’ ran to address ‘unprecedented illicit cross-border activity’
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is saying little about an operation earlier this year that used helicopters and a fixed-wing airplane to round up 124 people in the vicinity of the Canada-U.S. border.
“Aircrews contributed to the apprehension of 212 individuals , marking a significant increase in migrant apprehensions.” The operation was launched just 11 days after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, a meeting that produced a more fortified version of the agreement that governs bilateral asylum claims.
Safe Third Country agreements are little more than bilateral procedures between two countries that force would-be claimants to seek asylum in the first safe country where they arrive, she added. Indeed, some congressional Republicans went so far as to form a “Northern Border Security Caucus” earlier this year, seizing on fears that Canada was becoming a popular route for people trying to enter the U.S. illegally.
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