Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.