BREAKING: How The US Border Is Becoming a Tool of Control

Why new US-Canada border checks matter — and what they tell us about where the US is heading.

What we’ll cover here:

• This Isn’t Normal. Here’s Why It Matters

• What’s The Endgame?

• What To Look For Next

Dear friends,

Less than a month ago, I wrote to explain why Trump wouldn’t invoke the Insurrection Act. That piece focused on the Southern border with Mexico, because I’d let the headlines and rhetoric pull my attention there, just as they were designed to. Like many, I assumed the US-Canada border was irrelevant to the migrant issue. Safe. Uncontested.

I was wrong.

One of my valued subscribers recently reached out after reading about new checkpoints near crossings between the US and Metro Vancouver. Are they worth worrying about, especially given Project 2025’s obsession with the phrase “seal the border”?

My short answer is yes.

In fact, this development — U.S. border agents conducting outbound checks on Americans and Canadians as they leave the country — ought to raise serious concerns, not just for cross-border travellers but for anyone tracking how far the United States is moving towa…