[PHOTOS] Other illegal immigrants intercepted while trying to cross from Quebec to the United States

Illegal crossings continue at the Canada-US border, while Ottawa announces an investment of $1.3 billion to strengthen security.

RCMP and American border services agents intervened Tuesday in the Saint-Armand sector, in Estrie, because a gray SUV registered in Colorado was abandoned stuck in a peat bog.

He got stuck in the middle of the night on the American side of the border after illegally entering the United States in the Swanton area of ​​Vermont.

Its occupants were apprehended by American authorities. Our photographer happened to be in the area.

The region is covered with forests, marshes and agricultural land on both sides of the border. Making your way there in the middle of the night, far from the roads, is therefore perilous. Riding four-wheelers as the police do is often the only way to get around, especially when the terrain is muddy like at the moment.

Ottawa sous pression

On Tuesday, the federal government announced a plan to strengthen border controls and surveillance. The objective is to meet the demands of Donald Trump, who threatens to impose customs tariffs of 25% on Canadian products if the border is not secure.

Many border state governors have been concerned for months about the increase in the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States from Canada, as well as the trafficking of fentanyl across the border.

To calm these anxieties, Ottawa has, in particular, announced the creation of a special air detachment which will include helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers.

In October, The Journal revealed that the number of illegal migrants from Canada caught by American authorities has increased tenfold over the past two years. From January to September, American patrol officers arrested 21,929 migrants without permits at their northern border, including 200 unaccompanied minors.

– With Martin Chevalier