Illegal Immigration Surged at Northern US Border With Help of Americans

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.—One night this past winter, Lynne Lamon of Plattsburgh, New York, was driving up the U.S. 9 northbound by Canada’s border when she noticed three young men walking on the side of the road.
The men were dressed poorly for the subzero temperatures and wind chill from Lake Champlain. Their down vests were tattered and leaking feathers.
Lamon pulled over, rolled down the window, and told the men to get in and warm up.
Through broken English, they told her they came from Ecuador and were on their way to the Canadian province of Quebec. She realized they were illegal immigrants….

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