The money is to compensate them for increased traffic and noise
A group of people who claimed to be from Haiti walk down Roxham road in Champlain, New York as they prepare to cross the border into Canada illegally on August 4, 2017.
An order paper tabled by the federal government last month projects 45 households near Roxham Road will divide up $405,000, with individual compensation based on each home's proximity to the border.Fiyori Mesfin, 32, crosses the border into Canada at the end of Roxham Road with her three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter, in Champlain, New York on July 18, 2018.
The government has budgeted up to $485,000 for the payments, which includes a contingency fund in case more households are deemed eligible.A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer frisks a woman as she is processed before being turned over to the Canada Border Services Agency at a tent in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. on Aug. 8, 2017.
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