Quebec police to patrol U.S. border as Trump win spurs migrant ‘rush’ fears

Quebec provincial constabulary are beefing up their beingness astatine the Canada-U.S. borderline up of a Donald Trump presidency, according to the province’s premier.

François Legault told reporters Tuesday astatine the provincial legislature that “there is so a existent risk” that migrants volition “rush” to the state and province’s borders successful the coming weeks.

Citing fears of imaginable impacts an upcoming Trump presidency volition person connected immigration, Legault announced the time aft the American predetermination that helium would instrumentality a “working group” composed of respective furniture ministers to support Quebec’s interests.

As portion of the moving group’s tasks, Legault tapped Public Security Minister François Bonnardel to “provide a presumption report” connected the concern each week.

Legault says the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the province’s constabulary force, volition “conduct ocular investigations astatine the borders.”

“They person the capableness to act. So, that is important to say,” Legault said, adding the SQ is successful interaction with the RCMP arsenic good arsenic New York, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont authorities.

The determination comes amid Trump promising wide deportation during the predetermination campaign. Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States arsenic 1 of his priorities.

As a result, Quebec’s premier has said helium is bracing for an influx of asylum seekers. Legault is peculiarly disquieted astir much migrants astatine some onshore borders and airports, saying Tuesday that “we can’t spend to person a Roxham (Road) 2.0.”

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Quebec’s nationalist information is besides successful interaction with mayors of municipalities and cities that straddle the border, according to Legault.

“I americium told that determination are citizens who are disquieted that the aforesaid concern volition hap again,” Legault said. “So, it is precise important that Quebec and Canada bash not go a sieve successful the coming weeks and months for amerciable immigrants who could travel to Canada.”

Quebec is besides calling connected the national authorities to act, with Legault urging to “take each indispensable actions to support the borders.” Ottawa has said determination is simply a program for the country’s borderline information and power implicit who comes into the country.

On Tuesday, Legault asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “to marque nationalist the means that helium volition enactment successful spot oregon that are successful the process of putting successful spot to support our borders.”

When it comes to immigration, Legault says the state has “done its part” and simply cannot instrumentality connected much caller arrivals.

— with files from Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines and Sean Previl and The Canadian Press