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Canada immigration: Why record asylum seekers are crossing border from US

Zulema Diaz and Maryangel Diaz, two Latino women who crossed from the U.S. border to Roxham Road in Quebec, order coffee at a hotel, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023.

ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY and TED HESSON, of Reuters, report on how a sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through unofficial crossings is intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reach an agreement with President Joe Biden to close off the entire land border to most asylum seekers…