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While attention has been focused for years on chaos in the south, Patel emphasized that China and other U.S. adversaries are now exploiting the relative quiet along the northern boundary.
“Our adversaries have partnered up with the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] and others – Russia, Iran – on a variety of different criminal enterprises, and they’re going and they’re sailing around to Vancouver and coming in by air,” Patel warned.
Patel didn’t mince words when holding Canada accountable. He slammed America’s northern neighbor for its apparent failure to stop the infiltration of criminals, drugs, and suspected terrorists.
“You know who has to gets to steppin’, is Canada,” Patel said. “Because they’re making it up there and shipping it down here. And I don’t care about getting into this debate of making someone the 51st state or not, but they are our partner in the north. And say what you want about Mexico, but they helped us seal the southern border. The facts speak for themselves.”
Despite reports that Canada planned to ramp up border surveillance and deploy more Mounties, Patel stressed that these steps fall far short of what’s needed.
Patel pointed out that the Trump administration’s successful border control measures in the south are forcing bad actors to adjust their tactics. That shift, he warned, is now creating a massive blind spot to the north.
President Trump has pressured both Mexico and Canada to act decisively to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants. Mexico responded. Canada? Not so much.
As Patel explained, “The border that’s open, I’ll give you a statistic that I gave to Congress that nobody was paying attention to, over 300 known or suspected terrorists crossed into this country last year illegally, known or suspected terrorists. 85% of them came in through the northern border.”
Even more alarming, Patel shared that the trend isn’t slowing down. The number of suspected terrorists sneaking across the northern border remains shockingly high.
“This year, 100 known or suspected terrorists have crossed into this country illegally. 64 or so from the north,” he revealed.
Law enforcement has already captured Mexican cartel operatives in Washington state—an indicator that northern infiltration is far more advanced than the public realizes. Spokane’s police chief even testified to Congress that fentanyl seizures are skyrocketing.
While Patel acknowledged that the U.S. is working with some Canadian law enforcement agencies, it’s clear from his comments that federal officials are frustrated with the lack of urgency on the Canadian side.
The message from Patel is crystal clear: America cannot afford to ignore its northern border any longer. With terrorists, fentanyl, and international crime syndicates slipping through the cracks, the U.S. must demand more from its neighbors—and act swiftly to close this dangerous gap.
Until then, the Canadian border will remain a major weak link in the nation’s security chain—one that enemies of America are already exploiting.
