The deal closes a loophole that allowed people to seek asylum when crossing the border at unofficial ports of entry, such as a well-known crossing at Roxham Road in New York state.
In back-to-back weeks, the border patrol has brought three migrant families to the St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. More migrants are expected, and a network of volunteers and government officials are puzzling out how to help.
The Mexican man who died Feb. 19 shortly after crossing the border into the United States near Stanstead, Que., had travelled from Toronto, where he and his family had been living for less than a year.
As dangerously bitter cold settled over the Northeast on February 3, Robert Garcia, who heads the Swanton-based U.S. Border Patrol sector, posted a photo of.