UPDATING POLICIES. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM SB NBC5 NEWS. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS ASKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE U.S. Canada BORDER...áTO STAY ALERT. THE AGENCY IS ASKING PEOPLE TO REPORT áANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY... AS ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS áINTO THE U-S ARE ON THE RISE. NBC5'S LIZ STRZEPA WENT TO THE BORDER. TO GET THE STORY. <LIZ INTRO CLIP 4412 / 11:51:41:16 THINGS ARE PRETTY CALM HERE AT THIS U.S.- CANADIAN BORDER CROSSING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY BUT BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR HANDS FULL RECENTLY AS ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS ARE SKYROCKETING> WELCOME TO RAINVILLE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN, VERMONT.... WHERE, <CLIP 4446 / 13:00:21:14 ITS QUIET > JOE RAINVILLE ENJOYS THE PEACE AND QUIET...OF BEING NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS... WITH THE COUNTRY OF CANADA. < CLIP 4446 / 13:29:15 GOT A PRETTY NICE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS > HE...AND THESE CAMERAS ALONG THE U.S. CANADIAN BORDER ALSO HAVE A PRETTY NICE VIEW OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING ON THE DEAD END ROAD. <12:58:43:02 IF THERE'S FOUR GOING BY THEY MIGHT CATCH ONE OUT OF FOUR. > <NATS / CAMERA SOUND> RAINVILLE IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE... LIKE THIS... WHO ARE CAUGHT CROSSING INTO THE U.S. áILLEGALLY FROM CANADA. IT'S BECOMING AN áINCREASINGLY COMMON OCCURRENCE UP AT U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER SWANTON SECTOR... WHERE ILLEGAL CROSSINGS HAVE MORE THAN áDOUBLED HERE... COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. <ZOOM / RAYMOND BRESNAHAN: 01:35 WHEN WE INTERVIEW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE CATCH WE HEAR STORIES THAT ITS THEIR PERCEPTION THAT ITS SAFER ACROSS HERE, THROUGH THE CANADIAN BORDER THAN IT IS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS GET THE WORD OUT THAT THEY'RE MUCH BETTER OFF TO DO THIS LEGALLY > DEPUTY PATROL AGENT IN CHARGE RAYMOND BRESNAHAN SAYS AGENTS USE A WIDE-VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGY TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTERING THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY... INCLUDING CAMERAS... WHICH CAPTURED AN AGENT ARRESTING áMULTIPLE PEOPLE ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER BACK IN AUGUST... <03:37:15 RAYMOND BRESNAHAN / WE CATCH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL TYPES OF DEMOGRAPHICS. DIFFERENT AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES ARRESTED. THE U.S. STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS CHARGED áSEVERAL PEOPLE FOR áHELPING PEOPLE AFTER THEY'VE ILLEGALLY CROSSED INTO THE U.S. <03:16:19 RAYMOND BRESNAHAN / A LOT OF TIMES ITS THE SMUGGLERS THAT ARE PUTTING THESE PEOPLE AT RISK SO WE TRY TO TARGET THESE SMUGGLERS AND WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM AND KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE> U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DANGEROUS AND áUNLAWFUL JOURNEY INTO THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY WITH WINTER ON THE HORIZON. SOMETHING... A NEARBY FARMER, WORRIES ABOUT TOO. HE ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HIS FACE OR USE HIS NAME. <FARMER CLIP 4424 / 12:23:25:08 A MONTH AGO, IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING, THERE WAS A FAMILY WALKING DOWN THE ROAD A MILE AWAY> U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION RELIES ON PEOPLE...WHO LIVE NEAR THE BORDER TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. <13:00:53:25 WE'RE ALL IMMIGRANTS. MY MOTHER AND FATHER CAME FROM CANADA, SO...MOST OF THE PEOPLE OVER HERE ARE IMMIGRANTS > SOMETHING RAINVILLE KEEPS IN MIND... AS HE WATCHES WHAT GOES ON... IN HIS NECK OF THE WOODS. <LIZ TAG CLIP 4412 / 11:52:08:11 BORDER PATROL AGENTS TELL ME THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO KEEP OUR NORTHERN BORDER SAFE AND SECURE BUT THEY DON'T EXPECT THINGS TO SLOW DOWN ANY TIME SOON. IN FRANKLIN, LS, NBC5 NEWS> NBC5 NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO VERMONT'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT