U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans on Thursday to put troops near the U.S.-Canada border amid the new coronavirus pandemic, prompting a new hashtag on Twitter.
Though few people cross from Canada into the United States at an unofficial point each year, the goal of the policy would be to help U.S.
border guards detect irregular crossers, sources told Global News. But social media users, using the #NoCanadian hashtag, say they don’t really believe this would be a problem, especially during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Many are taking the opportunity to say that very few — if not, zero — Canadians would choose to illegally cross into the U.S., given the current pandemic.