https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/18/trump-us-canada-to-close-border-to-nonessential-travel/ > By ROB GILLIES and ELLIOT SPAGAT | The Associated Press > TORONTO  — The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, and the Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said.