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...Posters are more upbeat than in years past because we’re aware that it is October 11th,” Tremitiere said. “We don’t need anything more to depress us today...
...Before September 11th, the 5,525-mile stretch that separates the northern United States from Canada wasn't considered much of a border - it was seen more as a formality designed to enhance the "international" experience of U.S. tourists. After the attacks, however, the border took on new meaning, and new political weight...
...events of September 11th forced many Canadians to focus an untrained eye on their own very liberal immigration policies, which some argue serve as an open invitation to terrorists intent on making their way south into the U.S. Case in point: Ahmed Ressam, a 34-year-old Algerian national who was based in Montreal and decided to take a trip to Los Angeles for the millennium celebration. He was stopped by U.S. border police with 118 pounds of explosives and four timing devices in the trunk of his car. Authorities believe Ressam was planning to blow up LAX just...
...unexpected offshoot of the war on terrorism, border-related spats have surfaced between the U.S. and Canada in the month since the attacks. Some Americans, citing reports that at least five of the September 11th hijackers entered the U.S. via Canadian borders, accuse Canadian immigration workers of inexcusable laxity. Many in Washington are convinced that Canada is what stands between the U.S. and a truly effective immigration policy. There is a proposal circulating in D.C. that would triple the number of border police along the Canadian border, where, according to the Attorney General's office, only 500 U.S. officers...
...neighbors to the south are concerned, the September 11th terrorist attacks may as well have sounded the death knell for an open border. President Fox, on a sympathy visit to Washington last week, had barely shrugged off his jacket before he was informed in no uncertain terms that any plans to loosen up work visas or provide easier access for Mexican students was pretty much out of the question. We'll rethink the border, U.S. officials told Fox, but it won't look much like what we'd originally imagined...