Fearing Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, thousands have entered Canada at unmarked locations along the border
It was once a vital corridor for Americans seeking to escape slavery. Now a stretch of land in the north-eastern US is in the spotlight again, as thousands traipse across the world’s longest undefended border in search of asylum in Canada.
“You can call it the new underground railroad, I think,” said Martha Swan of John Brown Lives, a humanitarian group named after the 19th century abolitionist based in Westport, New York. “An informal network of people trying to help people who are under siege and who are trying to get to safety.”
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