evidence: According to Gracia, the number of apprehensions made in the Swanton Sector have increased dramatically this year and last. [...] "We’ve seen an 800 per cent increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," she told Fox News earlier this year. The crossing in Swanton is especially "perilous" around this time of year due to extended winters, freezing bodies of water and the difficult terrain, which includes lowland swamps, mountain ranges and rural and remote areas.