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Organizers of Saturday’s so-called “United for Border Protection” protest have changed the location of the event from the irregular border-crossing site at Roxham Rd. to the official Lacolle border crossing.

The location change appeared Thursday in a post on the Facebook page of Storm Alliance, a splinter group of the openly anti-immigrant group Soldiers of Odin.

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Solidarity Across Borders, which describes itself as a migrant justice network based in Montreal, hailed the change in location as a victory for anti-racist groups. The network claims media coverage of its planned counter-protest Saturday at Roxham Rd. spurred the change of location.

Storm Alliance spokesperson Eric Trudel posted a video Wednesday afternoon in which he referred to “certain changes in the plans in order to keep everyone safe.” In that video, he urged members of Storm Alliance, Les Patriotes, La Meute and other “Quebec identity groups, more commonly known as extreme right, racist groups” to attend the rally in great numbers, adding he would be disappointed if fewer than 200 protesters showed up.