Canadian Border Patrol Union Says Border Like Swiss Cheese

Article author: 
David Krayden
Article publisher: 
Canada Free Press
Article date: 
5 March 2017
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

Just a day after Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale gave a thumbs-up to border security “enforcing the law,” the president of the union representing border officers said the border is like “Swiss cheese” and that the federal government is misrepresenting the numbers of illegals getting through.

Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the Canadian Customs and Immigration Union, said his members are passing on figures that are inconsistent with the ones the immigration officials are releasing — “they’re higher.”...

He is advocating the creation of a 300-person team that would be designated to patrol the areas between official border crossings — where most of the illegals are getting in.

Fortin also wants the federal government to bring back 1,053 jobs that have been phased out over the last five years...

Fortune said that border security officers are prohibited from stopping anyone who crosses the border illegally. They have to first call in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who may decide to arrest the fugitives.

“We’re not even allowed to chase them,” Fortin said...