In recent years many of those trying to cross the Canadian
border with a criminal record, have claimed an increase in
difficulty when attempting to do so. Individuals without the proper
paperwork and documentation have been increasingly turned down when
approached by border agents causing for a rise of much confusion
and frustration. This article hopes to shed light on a couple of
reasons why many with criminal records are facing issues.
One of the first reasons, observed through past experiences and
the tales of clients, involves the changing of personnel at many
border locations. Though once staffed with a healthy amount of
immigration and customs officers, current trends have shown that
border stops now contain many fewer immigration officers. As
immigration officers handled the entry of people and customs
officers the entry of goods, many found immigration officers were
more open to work with when it came to crossing the border. As
customs officers had a main
