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A mother recounts her dangerous journey across the border to escape Trump’s America

On Feb. 11, The Canadian Press reports a 25-year-old Haitian mother crossed into Canada in mid-January with her daughter to seek asylum near the Quebec border.
She first arrived in the U.S. via a humanitarian parole program under President Joe Biden, but the Trump administration ended it in late May 2025, and her TPS application received no response.
Walking near the Quebec border, she followed smugglers' phone instructions through a dark forest at-11 C from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m., waiting around 11 p.m. and calling Frantz André to avoid authorities.
On Feb. 11, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said migrants without lawful status may be transferred to ICE, and she paid about $4,100 t to a Georgia group to arrange her transport, then hid north of Montreal for two weeks before meeting an advocate helping her apply for asylum.
Advocates warn the woman's journey is increasingly common and say thousands of Haitians could be forced back to unstable Haiti amid U.S. President Donald Trump's policies, The Canadian Press reported.

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