border visit june 24, 2018

Sunday June 24th 2018.  Afternoon. Roxham Road , USA
Just as we arrived at 3:30 pm  we saw two taxis leaving  from the border so we were not there in time to  greet the refugees.   We could see 3 or 4  people  of African origin who had already crossed into Canada and were following the RCMP officers into the building. We could not see if they were women or men.    No one else came that afternoon.

We had a few questions about the nature of our  intention to "welcome the refugees"  when crossing into the US. One of the officers on the passenger side commented to the one questioning us that this was funny that we would welcome people to do something  'illegal'.   In fact, under Canadian and  international law, it is not illegal to cross irregularly as long as you report to an immigration official.