US and Canada agree on new asylum policy.

The US and Canada have reached a deal on changes to the Safe Third Country Agreement, which restricts certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada. The agreement applies to individuals who have transited through a country where they could have made an asylum claim because it's deemed safe. Crossings between ports of entry were not initially included in the agreement, prompting Canada to try to close that loophole now that limitations to information sharing have been lessened. US Border Patrol has recently seen a historic high number of migrant crossings in the northern region, prompting the agency to send additional authorities to the region to assist.