US officials are pleading for help at the Canadian border, claiming the “most dangerous people are coming through” the largely unchecked crossing.

Following President Trump’s election in November, illegal entries through the less monitored northern border have significantly decreased. However, progress has stalled in recent months as Customs and Border Patrol’s focus has shifted towards the border with Mexico.

Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), co-chair of the Northern Border Security Caucus, expressed concerns about the shift in manpower to the southwest border, which may have created opportunities for potential threats to enter through the northern border.

“The numbers aren’t as big as the southern border — I get that, but the most dangerous people are coming through the northern border.”

The number of individuals crossing from Canada into the US has seen a substantial decline, dropping from 12,085 in November to 4,098 in February, according to the most recent data from CBP.

As CBP redeployed border patrol agents and resources to the southern border, the numbers coming over the border with Canada have dropped.

February’s numbers reflect a major drop — 78% — from a peak of 18,944 captured entering the US illegally in August.

It’s a stark contrast to the US-Mexico border, which has seen a stunning drop of more than 90% in illegal crossings, from a peak of 301,981 in December 2023 to 11,709 in February.

The northern border is the largest land border in the world, spanning more than 5,500 miles of wilderness and largely unguarded territory outside of official border-crossing points.

But it lacked the attention that the US-Mexico border routinely gets, until it became the subject of a brewing trade war between the northern neighbors.

The Post recently reported on Canadian coyotes brazenly advertising illegal border crossings on TikTok, offering help in exchange for a few thousand dollars. Residents living alongside the Canadian border have also testified how often they see people just walk right into the US. 

“That border is so easy to access and to get through, all you have to do is go from one piece of grass to the next piece of grass,” said Kelly. “You just step over a line to get to the United States.”

North of the border, Canadian Mounties are also dealing with limited resources to patrol the wide swath of space between the neighboring countries.

“The varied terrain and unpredictable climate at the vast Canada-US border can certainly present challenges on both sides,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told The Post.

The RCMP said it had brought in additional resources, including officers, drones and Black Hawk helicopters in recent months, and had repositioned members to areas that attract illegal crossings.