Citizens seek to stop surge of illegal immigrants sneaking across the southern border, as the caravans shift tactics to flotillas.

[Jason]

Americans, Go Home: Canadians Track U.S. Boaters Sneaking Across The Border

 

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Under international maritime law, every passenger boat must be equipped with an automatic identification system that is to remain on at all times. This allows for tracking boats in real time and helps prevent collisions in fog and bad weather.

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Lately, however, many have gone dark. Creek says that the Americans have figured out that they are being tracked through their transponders.

 

"They're turning them off as they cross the border," says Creek. "We see them on the computer, and at a particular point a few minutes later, they're not there anymore."

 

The maritime posse of retirees knows the boats didn't suddenly turn around, or sink. That's because Canadian boaters up and down the inland coast call and radio in the location of suspicious vessels, i.e., American boats. They report sightings to the RCMP's marine division, though it's unclear if any arrests have been made.

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"When I called the U.S. the biggest petri dish in the world, that was not just off the cuff," says Creek.

 

Creek is particularly concerned about the tiny isolated communities, such as Refuge Cove on Desolation Sound, where boaters stop for fuel and food. Many are home to First Nations people and have no medical facilities.

 

Canadian boaters recently got riled up after a large yacht from the U.S. stopped at one of the small outposts for supplies.

 

"They wandered the dock," says Creek bitterly. "Three or four adults and the rest were teenagers with no social distancing, no masks, and went through the store as if they were just shopping at Walmart."

 

When America sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing coronavirus. They’re bringing guns. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.