In the month since new border rules took effect, nearly 300 asylum hopefuls have continued to try to get into Canada. Most were turned away and few know that, as a result, they are no longer allowed to claim asylum in Canada ever again.
For several years, Roxham Road in the northern Clinton County town of Champlain was the most popular unofficial crossing on the entire U.S.-Canada border. It was used by most of the more than 39,000 people who crossed into Quebec irregularly in 2022.