“We do it every day. It will take one hour to arrive at the destination. From there you need to walk 40 minutes through the jungle.”
“Is it safe?”
“Yes brother. It is not our first time.”
Radio-Canada had this conversation recently over WhatsApp with an individual associated with one of a dozen TikTok accounts we identified that were advertising an illegal service: helping Indian temporary residents in Canada cross into the U.S. outside of official border points.
The individual offering a trip of “40 minutes through the jungle” did not disclose his real name to Radio-Canada but claimed to live in Brampton, Ont.
These accounts promise safe passage into the U.S. from Montreal, Brampton or Surrey, B.C. One of the accounts has more than 360,000 followers on TikTok and seems primarily to target Indian students living in Canada.