Frankly, not since the Draft-era Vietnam War have there been so many illegal crossings of America’s northern border into Canada. That’s how scary the Trump presidency is turning out to be.
Almost three months after Bashir Yussuf watched Donald J. Trump win the presidential election, he made his way to Noyes, Minn., where he set off at night into the snow-filled woods and crawled across the unmarked border into Canada. …
After a three-hour walk, much of it through deep drifts, Mr. Yussuf arrived in Emerson, a small farming town in sight of the snow-swept border with both North Dakota and Minnesota. …
Noting a worrying trend, Emerson officials convened an emergency meeting on Thursday with the police and border agents to figure out a protocol for the next wave of arrivals — which they feared would be soon.
(New York Times, February 11, 2017)
Of course this report only hints at the harrowing nature of the trek along this asylum road. Which is why one can be forgiven fears that the snowy tundra of America’s northern border will become a frozen grave for many migrants fleeing to Canada, rivaling the watery grave the Mediterranean Sea has become for many fleeing to Europe.
The irony, if not the shame, should not be lost on any American that immigrants are now more desperate to flee than seek refuge in this putative land of the free and home of the brave.
But who can blame them, especially given a prime ministerial invitation like this:
To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.
(@Justin Trudeau, January 28, 2017)
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