Original Publish Date » April 6 , 2025
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Touria Izri / Global News » Fen Hampson, a Carleton University professor and president of the World Refugee and Migration Council, said Canadian and American border security has been “tightly integrated” since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and that Trump is trying to “create his own political narrative” by stating, inaccurately, the challenges on the northern and southern borders are the same.

“[It’s] quite clear that when Donald Trump was elected to the presidency, he really didn’t have much interest either in knowing what’s going on between our two countries,” he said.