It won’t stop undocumented migrants. But it will kill many more families trying to cross the frigid border.
![Haitian migrant Gerson Solay, 28, carries his daughter, Bianca, as he and his family cross into Canada at the non-official Roxham Road border crossing north of Champlain, N.Y., on Friday, March 24, 2023. A new US-Canadian migration agreement closes a loophole that has allowed migrants who enter Canada away from official border posts to stay in the country while awaiting an asylum decision. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AP23083553431350.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Jamie Liew is a lawyer, Director of the Institute of Feminist & Gender Studies and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. Tw... itter: @thechaiyun
It won’t stop undocumented migrants. But it will kill many more families trying to cross the frigid border.