US-Canada border restrictions impact Haitian asylum seekers at Roxham Road.
A Haitian family crossed the US-Canada border illegally just before new restrictions on asylum seekers took effect. The Safe Third Country Agreement, which restricts certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, was revised by US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The agreement applies to individuals who have transited through a country where they could have made an asylum claim because it is deemed safe. Roxham Road, a remote street that connects Champlain, New York, with Hemmingford, Quebec, was a loophole in the agreement, but it is not an official crossing. US Border Patrol has recently seen a historic high number of migrant crossings in the northern region.
