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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source FORT FRANCES \u2014 Mayor Andrew Hallikas said Friday he hasn\u2019t heard of any of his border town\u2019s residents having negative experiences with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, so far. \u201cWe do have an excellent relationship with International Falls, Minn.,\u201d he said in a phone interview. \u201cThey’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. \u201cBut that’s not to say that can’t happen, right?\u201d Hallikas said he saw the post Rainy River First Nations\u2019 chief made on Facebook, advising members to \u201cbe careful\u201d and always carry ID when south of the border,… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source FORT FRANCES \u2014 Mayor Andrew Hallikas said Friday he hasn\u2019t heard of any of his border town\u2019s residents having negative experiences with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, so far. \u201cWe do have an excellent relationship with International Falls, Minn.,\u201d he said in a phone interview. \u201cThey’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. \u201cBut that’s not to say that can’t happen, right?\u201d Hallikas said he saw the post Rainy River First Nations\u2019 chief made on Facebook, advising members to \u201cbe careful\u201d and always carry ID when south of the border,... <\/p>\n

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