WARROAD, Minn. — American border officials say enforcement on both sides of the border since Donald Trump became U.S. president is responsible for a drop in the number of people who have tried to illegally cross the international boundary.

The United States Border Patrol has recorded a large decrease in the number of arrests of people heading into the U.S. from Canada in the past fiscal year, said Grand Forks sector Chief Patrol Agent Scott Garrett.

“(Illegal) cross border traffic is down tremendously,” he said at a news conference near the border town of Warroad, Minn.

In the Grand Forks sector, which covers the North Dakota and Minnesota border with Manitoba, apprehensions of people illegally crossing into the U.S. has remained about the same in both 2024 and 2025, about 250 people, s

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