Canada Follows Trump Lead to Secure Their Border, Requires Visas to End Asylum Claims

By Cole Harrison

When President Trump reinforced America’s southern border like it was Fort Knox, would-be migrants didn’t stop trying — they just rerouted. And for a while, there was one northern country eager to step in with open arms: Canada. After all, our overly polite neighbors have long enjoyed throwing shade at Uncle Sam’s immigration policies while playing host to the world’s tired, poor, and undocumented.

But now? It seems the tables have turned. The nation that once prided itself on being the sanctuary alternative to the “cold-hearted” U.S. is quietly, if not a little sheepishly, tightening its borders. Apparently, it’s easy to preach open arms until the floodgates actually open.

Turns out, when your airport becomes a revolving door for nearly 24,000 asylum seekers from just one country, reality comes calling — and it’s holding a visa application form.

From ‘The Post Millennial’:

“Asylum claims from Mexican nationals to Canada rose from 260 to 23,995 between 2016 and 2023, an increase of more than 9,000%.”

Let those numbers sink in. That’s not a blip. That’s what happens when you scrap your visa requirement to signal global virtue — and forget to reinforce your national interest. Canadian officials made that very mistake in 2016 when they nixed visas for Mexican travelers. The repercussions? A record-breaking explosion in claims that flooded their asylum system and overwhelmed provinces like Quebec.

It didn’t take long for them to backpedal in a hurry.

Liberal dreams slammed into cold, hard reality

The initial pitch from Canadian leadership in 2016 had all the idealistic hallmarks: tighten Latin American relations, prove moral superiority over America, and of course, accept more migrants. But by late 2023, the consequences were impossible to ignore. The vast majority of claims were being made not at remote borders — but at airports. And worse? Over half of those asylum claims were abandoned or flat-out rejected. They weren’t genuine cases — they were opportunistic gambits.

The response came in early 2024: Visa requirements were back on the table. And just like that, the flood slowed to a trickle. In fact, Mexican asylum claims dropped by a staggering 75%.