Originally published at: Watch how 7 people illegally crossed a US-Canada border by driving across a shared lawn | Boing Boing
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So the “caravan of illegals” is true, only Canada style. Dang.
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Quite the contrast with the southern illegal border crossings…
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No signage, no visible indication of a border. (??)
“What? What are you on about, officer? I’m in Canada - of course I am. And why are you impersonating a US cop?”
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Hypothetical remark from “armchair lawyer” in the group: "I see a loophole; it’s the lawn!"
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Rookie move. It’s not like Border Patrol doesn’t know the Haskell Library is a soft target. They watch it like crazy from both sides. You won’t get 10 yards trying that.
Ironically, the library was founded as a place of unity to bring the countries together and help reduce influence of territorial borders.
Oh there’s tons of signage all over the area. You could not do that accidentally.
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Interesting. Looks like there are several other structures in that area that straddle the line. I wonder how that works, legally?
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Oddly there are two side streets just east of the library that are far easier to drive across, prolly with less suspicion too.
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Anybody else ever traveled along Boundary Road at the north edge of Lynden, WA, which is separated from 0 Avenue in Aldergrove, BC by a ditch?
I’ve done Cascade Cycle Club’s RSVP ride, which routes that way. The cuesheet instructions are very clear on using the route 539/13 border crossing, and not simply hopping over the ditch into Canada prematurely.
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Using a Haskell library for their procedure, that’s their problem right there!
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So - is it just me, or couldn’t they just keep going straight, and turn left at that grass island?
Or was that guy at the crossing walk to stop that?
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Christ, what assholes, eh?
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It looks as thought there’s a rope gate to prevent that.
But I’m still confused. Are people allowed to walk across the border? I mean, there must be a hundred ways to cross that aren’t as suspicious.
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Coming soon: a row of boulders across the library lawn.
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I wish they thought like this along the US-Mexico border.
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Get a bunch of idiots in a car to distract while you slowly edge across on foot?
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Which leads to the old joke about such buildings:
If you’re in the kitchen, you’re American. If you’re in the living room, you’re Canadian. If you’re in the bathroom, who are you?
European
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Young Canadian distracts with cuteness while crawling over the border to freedom.
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