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The last RCMP building is coming down at Roxham Road, which became an unofficial border crossing used by more than 100,000 migrants crossing into Canada from Upstate New York to apply for asylum since 2017.
The unofficial crossing was shut down in late March after the U.S. and Canada closed a long-standing loophole in the 2004 Safe Third Country Agreement.
On Monday, demolition work will start on the last RCMP building on Roxham Road, which gained prominence — and notoriety — with the surge of irregular migration to Canada, spurred by U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda in 2017.
A rural Mountain Mart acts as a crossroads for asylum seekers looking to cross into Canada from New York, or vice versa.
Naomie says she travelled through 'horrible, horrible places' to meet her uncle in Canada. It didn't work out