Public safety minister speaks at Manitoba-U.S. border site of illegal crossings
EMERSON, Man. — The federal government is enforcing border laws and is willing to put more resources in place to deal with the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Saturday.
Goodale thanked local politicians and responders as he visited Emerson, Man. — a small border community that has seen some 200 illicit border crossings so far this year.
“We all need to work together. We have to have good communication with one another. This is a set of issues that span national, provincial and local responsibilities,” Goodale told reporters.
“The key thing is to make sure that our agencies on the ground … have the resources necessary to do the job. At the moment, they are properly resourced, but we are monitoring that very carefully as we go forward.”