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Hundreds of people are expected to converge on the U.S. border at Roxham Rd. Saturday in yet another showdown between far-right groups protesting what they call “illegal” immigration through the porous border and counter-protesters hoping to drown them out.

Storm Alliance, created by the splintering of the anti-immigrant Soldiers of Odin, is planning a “United for border protection” protest at 1 p.m. On their Facebook page, members were busily trying to arrange transport from various Quebec regions to Hemmingford.

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But counter-protesters, mostly migrant justice groups from both sides of the border, hope to arrive in greater numbers starting at 11 a.m.

At a news conference Wednesday, they said their message was simple: Refugees are welcome, racists are not.

“We have to stop the rise of the far right in Quebec,” said Aaron Lakoff, of Solidarity Across Borders. “(Asylum-seekers) have no choice but to cross at Roxham Rd. because of the shameful Safe Third Country Agreement. … But contrary to what politicians and journalists are saying, there is no migrant crisis.”