Word: border
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MONTREAL--Even in the dead of Montreal's winter, today may be the first day of the rest of your life. For the young American who has just crossed the Canadian border fleeing the bite of the draft, there isn't much choice. Today's beginning is legally yesterday's ending...
Among the far-left radicals who comprise at least half of the American contigent here, Montreal isn't a new home but a new place where organization against the war can safely be continued. They look back across the border more than forward to what kind of life they can make here...
...Border Problems...
...What few border problems there have been have come from the other side. Twice last fall American immigration officials charged only with checking those coming from Canada to the United States stopped two suspicious-looking young men going into Quebec and ran thorough checks on their draft statuses. The Montreal Council to Aid War Resisters screamed to Ottawa, Ottawa screamed to the United States, and there seems little likelihood of a repetition of the incidents...
...with what they have. And what they have is largely provided by a host of sympathetic groups in the city pledged to helping them find their way. Contact will find a bed, a place to eat, and potential jobs. The Montreal Council to Aid War Resisters will clear up border disputes and lead Americans through immigration forms...