'Steep increase' in Canadian-Vermont border arrests

Arrests of immigrants who have attempted to enter the U.S. illegally through the Canadian-Vermont border have more than doubled.

In the past nine months, 267 people have been apprehended by Border Patrol for being in the country illegally, according to Christina Nolan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont.

In fiscal year 2017, Border Patrol apprehended a total of 132 people for being in the country illegally.

Court and detention records show that dozens of people have been arrested and held in federal custody in Vermont prisons over the past two months on charges related to illegally entering the country or helping others illegally enter the country.

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