People are letting themselves get arrested by illegally crossing into Canada because they're afraid of staying in the USA. I can't even imagine...

Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seeing a flurry of refugee crossings into Canada since Trump took office. Officials say Quebec has seen the highest influx of people seeking asylum, with many crossing in snowy, remote areas in northern New York.

Here we see a refugee hugging her baby to her chest and, with her free hand, pulling a suitcase. The Mounties wait for her on the Canadian side. One officer speaks out, saying, "You have to go through the, the custom, the border — but if you do cross here, you'll be arrested and then we'll take you in charge, OK?"

The woman nods and steps toward them. The Canadian policeman offers to carry her baby as she makes her way through the slippery snow path. She hands the child to him and then takes the hand of another officer who helps her to the road on the Canadian side.

The police bring out a child car seat and place it in their cruiser.

People who work with immigrants in Canada say these border-jumpers would rather be arrested in Canada than live in fear of how U.S. officials might handle their cases.

"There's quite an increase in people walking through illegally," says Cpl. Camille Habel, spokeswoman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

"Once that we do all our checks and that we can confirm that they're not a threat to national security, we hand them over to [the Canadian Border Service Agency] who then start the immigration process," Habel says.

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http://www.cknw.com/2017/02/11/272574/