Guard the Border!
Over a four-day undercover investigation, Rebel News reporters Alexandra Lavoie and Lincoln Jay uncovered alarming evidence of ongoing criminal activity at the border between Canada and the United States. Illegal crossings have surged — and our cameras caught some of it happening in real time.
Stationed in Champlain, New York and Franklin, Quebec, we documented how organized criminal networks are smuggling illegal migrants from one country to the other, profiting handsomely in the process.
On the ground, we found discarded backpacks, clothing, food, shoes, and even tools strewn across residents’ properties. Among the items recovered were Haitian ID cards, confirming at least some of the migrants' nationalities.
On the first day, we installed a trail camera in a suspected high-traffic crossing zone. While we spent the night actively monitoring the area, our hidden camera recorded a group of 23 individuals illegally crossing the border under the cover of darkness.
Over the next two nights, the area was suddenly swarming with helicopters and drones — an unusual level of surveillance. Whether this heightened activity was a direct response to the previous night's successful crossing remains unclear.
On the fourth night, the camera captured yet another group — 11 migrants, including children — making their way across. At one point, a child appeared visibly frightened by the border patrol floodlight mounted just above the Rebel camera setup.
In total, 34 people were filmed illegally crossing the border — at one single location over just four nights. And that’s only one small section of the 523-kilometre border between Quebec and New York State.
While Mark Carney recently announced additional funding for border services, resources for the RCMP remain stretched thin — due to both the length of the border and the rising criminal activity taking place along it.
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