A Canadian Gate Where Illegal Immigrants Knock

From The New York Times

BUFFALO, June 14 - Nine people trying to sneak into the United States illegally by way of a moonlit raft ride might not be out of the ordinary if the raft were floating off the coast of Florida or crossing the Rio Grande.

But it was on the shores of the Niagara River, little more than a mile from the world-famous falls, that a small, inflatable, motor-powered raft was captured earlier this month, along with six adults and two children from India and Pakistan and the man accused of trying to smuggle them into this country.

While this locale is definitely not Miami or South Texas, the number of illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States here, by traversing the waterways and railroad bridges that separate much of New York from Canada, is actually growing
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