Canada is making preparations for an influx of immigrants if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his campaign promise of mass deportations.

Canadian officials are planning to add patrols, buy new vehicles, and set up emergency reception facilities at the border between New York state and the province of Quebec to prepare for an anticipated surge in migrants, according to the New York Times. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the body that guards the border, are already preparing for an influx in immigration even before Trump takes office in January 2025.

“We knew that, if Mr. Trump came into power, the status quo at the border would change,” Sgt. Charles Poirier told the outlet.

Leaders in Quebec have expressed nervousness about the need to toughen its border with New York. Lawmakers have already raised complaints about the increasing number of legal immigrants and refugees who have settled there in recent years.

“The problem isn’t immigrants, it’s the number,’’ Quebecois Premier Francois Legault said at a recent news conference. “We already have too many. So we shouldn’t add to the problem.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump’s relationship in terms of immigration policy may look different than it did during Trump’s first term in office. During Trump’s first presidency, Trudeau made Canada friendly to asylum-seekers at a time when Trump was trying to increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border and was threatening to separate families.

Trudeau, however, recently announced that the country would be scaling back some of its immigration policies. From 2024 to 2025, the total planned number of immigrants will be reduced from 500,000 to 395,000.

The U.S. northern border has been of particular concern for Trump “border czar” nominee Tom Homan, who has described the U.S.-Canada border as a major security vulnerability because of what he believes are insufficient checks on people entering the country.

Canadian authorities also intend to bolster an existing agreement between the United States and Canada to send people crossing into Canada to seek asylum back to the U.S. The agreement designates Canada and the U.S. as “safe third countries” which means that when asylum-seekers travel from one country to the other, they can be sent back, with few exceptions.

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“The reason that exists is that the United States is deemed to be a safe country for people to make their initial asylum claim,” Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently told reporters. “So too with Canada — it’s a two-way street.”

“We expect that agreement to continue to be fully enforced,’’ he said.