Canada is seeing a sharp increase in asylum-seekers entering through a border crossing between New York and the province of Quebec, as President Donald Trump’s policies drive away migrants and even some U.S. citizens.

Canadian officials have received more than 5,500 asylum claims since the beginning of July at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing, south of Montreal. That’s a 263% increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency.

The summertime spike underscores how President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration approach is reverberating beyond U.S. borders. His administration has rolled back protections for hundreds of thousands of people who once held temporary legal status and expanded raids that now routinely sweep up people wit

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