Northern US border human smuggling sparks ‘quiet crisis,’ expert says [Video]

A “quiet crisis” is emerging at the U.S.-Canada border, as one expert proposes an unconventional solution to fight human smuggling: leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence.

While national attention is largely fixed on the southern border, an increasingly concerning situation is unfolding along the country’s northern border, said Jon Brewton, the founder and CEO of Data2 and a U.S. Air Force Veteran.

“U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has seen a fairly alarming increase in illegal crossings, drug trafficking, and even encountering individuals on the terrorist watch list,” he told Fox News Digital. “And as difficult as securing the southern border has been, the northern border is twice as long.”

While the vast majority of illegal crossings happen at the southern border, officials have been warning for years that the northern line has seen an increase. 

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