By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source FORT FRANCES — Mayor Andrew Hallikas said Friday he hasn’t heard of any of his border town’s residents having negative experiences with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, so far. “We do have an excellent relationship with International Falls, Minn.,” he said in a phone interview. “They’re our sister city and we have very close ties with them, so people from Fort Frances are back and forth all the time. And nobody has reported any incidents or any issues where they’re concerned. “But that’s not to say that can’t happen, right?” Hallikas said he saw the post Rainy River First Nations’ chief made on Facebook, advising members to “be careful” and always carry ID when south of the border,…
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