GRAND FORKS (KFGO) - Most of the people seeking asylum and crossing the border from Minnesota and North Dakota into Canada are in the US legally.
The border patrol has seen a significant increase in immigrants from Muslim-dominated countries leaving this country, fearing they could eventually be deported by the Trump administration.
Aaron Heitke, Chief Border Patrol Agent with the Grand Forks Sector, says those going across the border are eventually taken to a processing center in Winnipeg, Manitoba where they're typically granted permission to remain in Canada. Some immigrants have flown into US airports and then crossed the border.
The border patrol is working with Canada's Border Services Agency and Royal Canadian Mounted Police in identifying those crossing the border.