border visit, july 22, 2018

 Sunday July 22nd, 2018. Afternoon.  Roxham Road, USA.
BnB volunteers were present from 2:30 - 4:00 pm.  Seven people crossed.

At 3 pm a single man, who spoke English, came by taxi. His crossing was quick and smooth.

At 3:45 a taxi and a mini van arrived.  An older, probably Haitian woman, emerged from the taxi. She hesitated when she was told she would be arrested and spent 5 minutes listening to the RCMP who kept saying 'go to Lacolle, you will be sent back if you cross here.' 

The family (woman, man and pre-school child) who came in the mini van were right behind her.  They listened to what was being said to the lone woman and then began crossing ahead of her. That was when the older woman decided to cross.  

Finally  a Spanish speaking  man and woman arrived. When they were asked what language they spoke, the RCMP officer called his supervisor who spoke to them in Spanish. They quickly crossed.