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Illegal aliens have entered Canada through Windsor in the back of commercial trucks, suggests a classified government document obtained by the Windsor Star.

From organized crime to human smuggling, 10 internal documents from the Canada Border Services Agency show a wide-ranging struggle by the government to secure the country’s borders.

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The documents, obtained through a federal Access to Information request, are heavily redacted and took CBSA three years to process. The Star made the request in 2014 — asking for all records within the previous two years that discuss the trends/scope of human smuggling into Canada. The documents arrived in 2017.

The federal Access to Information Act stipulates that information must be provided within 30 days of a request, though a 60-day extension can be granted. A CBSA annual report says: “The CBSA strives to provide Canadians with the information to which they have a right in a timely and helpful manner.”