Trump’s border czar says Canadian border is an ‘extreme’ vulnerability [Video]

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s border czar says there is an “extreme national security vulnerability” along the Canada-U.S. border that he plans to deal with the moment the new Republican administration takes power.

Tom Homan, named Sunday as the official in charge of all U.S. border issues, said in a television interview that he expects there will be “tough conversations” with Ottawa about the situation along the Canada-U.S. border. 

“The problem with the northern border is a huge national security issue,” Homan told 7News in Watertown, N.Y., a community some 40 kilometres from a crossing into eastern Ontario. Homan is from the area. 

He said “special interest aliens” — individuals from countries the U.S. says sponsor terror — use Canada as a gateway into the U.S.  

“Because they know, [there’s] a lot less, fewer officers here,” Homan said. “It’s one of the things I’ll tackle when I’m in the White House.”

In raw numbers, irregular crossings along the U.S. border with Mexico substantially outpace those …