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WEBVTT SAYS SHE’S SICK OF IT AND WANTS ACTION. NBC 5’S LIZ STRZEPA SHARES HER STORY TONIGHT. >> ROXHAM ROAD IN CHAMPLAIN WAS MELISSA BESHAW’S SANCTUARY WHEN SHE MOVED HERE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. >> THIS ROAD WAS SECLUDED. IT WAS QUIET. >> IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A HOT SPOT FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO HOP THE BORDER >> AND EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMEBODY WOULD CROSS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER, GET CAUGHT, OF COURSE. >> BUT SHE SAYS THAT ONCE EVERY-SO-OFTEN OCCURRANCE IS NOW PERMANENT PART OF THE LANDSCAPE. SHE SAYS SHE NOTICED A SPIKE LAST YEAR AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK OFFIC HER ONCE QUIET ROAD NOW A HUB FOR REFUGEES TO ILLEGALLY CROSS >> YOU CAN’T SLEEP ANYMORE UP HERE. ALL THAT SECLUSION AND QUIETNESS AND HERE COMES A TAXI NOW BY THE WAY, IT IS GONE AND I DON’T LIKE IT. >> I HATE IT. >> SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING WHAT IT CALLS A TEMPORARY PROCESSING CENTER TO GO OVER IMMIGRANTS’ DOCUMENTS. BESHAW SAYS IT’S NOT JUST THE ROAD THAT’S CHANGED, IT’S EVEN THE TAXIS. >> THEY WENT FROM SMALL CARS TO BAND -- VANS TO BIG TRAVEL VANS AND NOW THEY HAVE SHUTTLE BUSES. >> AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL DOWN HER ROAD, SHE SAYS MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LITTER. >> UNDER THE TREES AND STUFF WE HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP AND ITS NOT OUR GARBAGE IT’S THE TAXI DRIVERS AND THE IMMIGRANTS THEY ARE DROPPING THEIR GARBAGE OFF, -- FULL OF COFFEE CUPS, MILK CARTONS, EVEN CELL PHONES. >> IT’S AN INCONVENIENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND. ALL THE WAY AROUND AND IT HAS TO STOP. SOMEBODY OUT THERE HAS TO DO SOMETHING. >> AND IF NOT? TO HAVE THE THOUGHT TO HAVE TO MOVE AND LEAVE A

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