Redeployment of Officers Sparks Concerns Over Border Security
Freedom-of-information request found no records of seizures, arrests, or migrant stops.
Province redeployed 11 officers near U.S. border due to tariff threats.
Security plan includes $1.4 million for RCMP overtime and snowmobile funding.
Detainees entering Manitoba via border are in single digits each quarter.
RCMP and border agencies report no border activity.
Union head Kyle Ross criticized redeployment for diverting resources.
Premier Wab Kinew said extra personnel could aid migrants in cold weather.
U.S. CBP data shows Grand Forks apprehensions at double digits.
Christopher Adams called border measures optics for Trump administration.
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