US northern border illegal crossings rise; many are Mexicans

In this Feb. 26, 2020, photo, Diego, a Mexican farm worker, talks near Burlington, Vt., of his illegal crossing the U.S.-Canadian border to work on a Vermont dairy farm. The U.S. Border Patrol's Swanton Sector of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, sees the most illegal border crossing of any sector along the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canadian border. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

In this Monday Feb. 10, 2020, photo, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Dustin Judd poses near a border marker in Alburgh, Vt. Statistics show that the 295-mile Swanton Sector of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, sees the most illegal border crossing of any sector along the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canadian border. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

In this Monday Feb. 10, 2020, PHOTO, Robert Garcia, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's Swanton sector, poses at sector headquarters in Swanton, Vt. Statistics show that the 295-mile Swanton Sector of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, sees the most illegal border crossing of any sector along the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canadian border. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

In this Monday Feb. 10, 2020, photo, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Dustin Judd poses near a border marker in Alburgh, Vt. Statistics show that the 295-mile Swanton Sector of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, sees the most illegal border crossing of any sector along the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canadian border. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)