Quebecers living along U.S. border see increase in migrants crossing [Video]

For years Roxham Road was synonymous with the movement of migrants crossing the Canada-U.S. border — until it closed 2023, tens of thousands of asylum seekers used it to cross into Quebec.

But it’s not the only road used by migrants to come into the province, and some residents who live along the border say their land is being used as a crossing point more than ever.

For the past two years Andre Labelle has seen his property in Saint-Armand used as a thoroughfare by hundreds of migrants heading both into Canada and the United States.

“I had to wake up at around two in the morning and there was a van in the cornfield trying to get unstuck,” he told CTV News.

On another day, someone came knocking at his door around 1 a.m.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) regularly patrols the area, and some birdhouses have been …