Tampa, Florida —

As the federal government continues its crackdown on illegal immigration , the Justice Department announced Thursday that it would surge resources to the US-Canada border to combat an uptick in human smuggling operations in the north.

The surge will include sending agents from the joint DOJ and Department of Homeland Security “Task Force Alpha” to Canada’s border with both New York and Vermont, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a press conference in Tampa, Florida.

“If you smuggle human beings, you will be found, you will be prosecuted, and you will be brought to justice,” Bondi said. “It doesn’t matter where you are.”

Task Force Alpha was charged in 2021 by the Biden Justice Department with combatting human smuggling and trafficking groups from Mexico, Guatemala,

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