evidence: The northern border has seen increases in illegal crossings of varying amounts, depending upon the time periods that are compared. [...] "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," Stefanik said Jan 28 on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo." [...] Stefanik claimed that there has been at some point an 800% increase in illegal crossings in the Swanton sector of the U.S.-Canada border.