'People are going to try to do the impossible': Canada prepping for folks fleeing Trump

With Donald Trump headed back to the White House in January after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris on election day, authorities in Canada are expecting a wave of asylum-seekers.

According to a report from Reuters, officials in Canada have been prepping for the possibility the former president could end up back in the Oval Office and what that would mean for border crossings.

With the former president running his campaign on a central premise of rounding up undocumented immigrants and their extended families and forcefully shipping them out of the country, it is expected many will try and find a friendlier place to live.

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According to the report, "Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump's United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants."

Noting that "people crossing from the U.S. to file claims must sneak across undetected and hide out for two weeks before seeking asylum – a potentially dangerous prospect," Abdulla Daoud, director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, explained, "When you don't create legitimate pathways, or when you only create pathways where people have to do the impossible to receive safety, you know, unfortunately, people are going to try to do the impossible."

Loly Rico of Toronto's FCJ Refugee Centre agreed, claiming Trump will be responsible for what is expected to be a flood of people running from his administration.

"It's going to be a challenge for any refugee in the United States to feel that they belong, and that's why they will start looking what other countries can start giving them protection."

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