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https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/11/20/vermontcanadaborder_jansenlonnquist-7-edit_custom-d9ee7149309d8045dc5abbdbd55cc1b5dab9d9f1-s1300-c85.jpg
And not every cross-border street has a steel barrier. Church Street connects Derby Line and Stanstead. Right next to the Haskell Library, the street is blocked off, and the border demarcated by a row of flower pots.
"Basically what happened is I was the one that put the flower pots there," says Stanstead Mayor Philippe Dutil. He says he had the planters installed after several incidents when Canadian visitors drove down Church Street and accidentally crossed into the U.S., only to be surrounded by Border Patrol vehicles.
"I put those flower pots there so you can't cross with a car anymore," says the mayor, proudly, from Stanstead City Hall.
So there you have it: A floral border barrier, and Canada paid for it.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/7811...mmunitys-culture-changes-as-security-tightens
And not every cross-border street has a steel barrier. Church Street connects Derby Line and Stanstead. Right next to the Haskell Library, the street is blocked off, and the border demarcated by a row of flower pots.
"Basically what happened is I was the one that put the flower pots there," says Stanstead Mayor Philippe Dutil. He says he had the planters installed after several incidents when Canadian visitors drove down Church Street and accidentally crossed into the U.S., only to be surrounded by Border Patrol vehicles.
"I put those flower pots there so you can't cross with a car anymore," says the mayor, proudly, from Stanstead City Hall.
So there you have it: A floral border barrier, and Canada paid for it.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/7811...mmunitys-culture-changes-as-security-tightens
