By Spectrum News Staff Niagara Falls PUBLISHED 9:03 PM ET Jun. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:03 PM EDT Jun. 26, 2021
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Protesters separated by an international line stood together in solidarity Saturday, making their voices heard.
People from both the United States and Canada met on the Rainbow Bridge in protest of the border closure.
Many argued that the closure is keeping families and friends apart as well as impacting businesses and property owners.
This is something that many Western New York lawmakers, including Congressman Brian Higgins, have also argued in their continued fight to open the border.
While Canada has continually extended their closure for more than a year due to the pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that a reopening would happen within a few weeks.
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) – Congressman Brian Higgins, who for months has urged the US and Canadian governments to ease restrictions at their international border, is now calling on President Joseph Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to relax rules later this month, and then reopen the border early in the summer.
Since March 2020, the border has been closed to all “non-essential” traffic, and the shutdown has been extended on a monthly basis since then. Currently, the closure remains in effect through Friday, May 21.
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Higgins, who represents New York’s 26th Congressional District, says the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control shows it is finally time that the US and Canada can reopen the border safely.