to death on their way across the border. Julie Taub, an immigration and refugee lawyer, claims that, since the introduction of the Agreement in late 2004, the Canada Border Services Agency has lost its capacity and would be "overwhelmed" if the agreement were repealed. From January 2017 to March 2018, the RCMP intercepted 25,645 people crossing the border into Canada outside official border checkpoints. Roxham Road near the route between Plattsburgh, New York and Montreal saw the most crossings and became a proxy name for this trend. Public Safety Canada estimates another 2,500 came across in April 2018 for a total at just over 28,000. As of early 2019, over 40,000 people crossed into Canada from the United States since early 2017. Notes References External links Government of Canada: Final Text of the Safe Third Country Agreement Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement Guide Canada–United States border Canada–United States treaties Immigration to Canada Immigration to the United States Treaties concluded in 2002 Treaties entered into force in 2004 Right of asylum in Canada Right of asylum in the United States nl:Veilig derde land#Canada en de Verenigde Staten