bog hog - In fact the RCMP are enforcing the law. Section 133 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act prohibits charges being laid against people entering the country illegally until their protection claim is decided. The section is part of the immigration law as it is part of an international treaty on refugees from 1951 that Canada has agreed to uphold since 1967.  Are people being arrested by the RCMP for crossing the border illegally? Of course they are. The RCMP then hands them to the CBSA who deals with them according to the immigration law. In some cases people are kept in detention until their claim is decided. Most are released after they have been vetted for identity and criminal records. If they fail their refugee claim, they get removed from Canada. There is no story here, just a lot of misinformation and lack of knowledge about the issue.