Posted on 03/12/2017 12:19:08 PM PDT by drewh
Frightened immigrants are creeping into Canada through a quiet border town in northeast New York to escape Donald Trump.
The families are fleeing through the town of Champlain which shares a border with Quebec.
They make their crossing on Roxham Road which leads them directly towards the village of Hemmingford and in to the path of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who take them to immigration offices where they can apply for asylum.
Since Donald Trump tried to implement a controversial travel ban stopping citizens from Muslim majority countries from entering the US, foot traffic on the road has increased.
Residents told how some families were sneaking over the illegal crossing in the middle of the night to avoid being caught.
'Im not O.K. with it but I definitely cant blame them,' Matthew Turner, who lives on Roxham Road, said.
Earlier this month, families claiming to be from Turkey were pictured being arrested after making the crossing at Roxham Road.
Crossing illegally at Roxham Road gives the families a quicker chance of settling in Canada.
It is illegal for any migrant to apply for asylum at the dozens of official border crossings. If they show up hoping for the best, they are turned back to stay in the US.
But if they cross illegally, they are arrested on Canadian soil. Police then have no choice but to allow them to make a refugee claim, process them and release them.
Roxham Road is one of the holes which led officials to liken the border to a block of Swiss Cheese. There are similar crossings happening in Vermont where families ditched their brand new cars and walked across the border last month.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shared his unequivocal openness to refugees since Trump began adjusting immigration laws.
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Hey, Canada. We can export as many as you want and we will pay the transportation.
I think the US should put up billboards pointing the way to these towns.
Oh, the suffering.
Yaaaaaay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’m fine with this as long as they don’t come back.
The following from this article is truly repulsive, a lie and sickening all in one. That ain’t easy :)...
Since Donald Trump tried to implement a controversial travel ban stopping citizens from Muslim majority countries from entering the US, foot traffic on the road has increased.
‘Im not O.K. with it but I definitely cant blame them,’ Matthew Turner, who lives on Roxham Road, said.
Isn’t it interesting how supposedly poor and downtrodden refugees can travel all over the globe?
This is just a beautiful area of Quebec.
Sparsely populated, non-commercial. All French speaking.
It’s like a place from the past.
And take Hollywood with you, all you illegal aliens here illegally collecting taxpayers monies.
This is what winning looks like.
When Canada gets it’s Businessman Leader next election will they head over the North Pole to Russia ? LOL
We have our hands full with all the Mexican Refugees.
more #winning.
that ‘immigrant’ on the right is wearing some expensive new jeans! and grandma looks decked out in 1980’s Versace...
Canada only gives 1 year of Free Money and if they refuse you they send you back to your Home Country not the US
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