Transit Buses: Port Huron and Immigration Concern

transit buses: After watching 1,500 Americans unexpectedly land on Canadian shores Sunday — many with no identification and no money — Gladu wants to see significant changes to the annual and unsanctioned Port Huron Float Down event, according to CBC. Canadian Coast Guard spent $21K to rescue partying wayward Americans A large portiong of the tubing party ended up in Canada after high winds blew them across the river, which separates Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia in southwestern Ontario. Clair River in one big convoy of partiers has become an immigration concern for Marilyn Gladu, the Conservative MP for Sarnia-Lambton. A massive rescue ensued as many Americans were eventually bused home on transit buses. Many of them share her concern that the event needs to be better organized, particularly because landing on foreign shores without identification is illegal. "They could be arrested, they could be fined, they could be sent back at their own expense," she said. "I'm not trying to be a killjoy...but I think people need to keep public safety in the forefront and recognize that there is a lot of risk." This is a dangerous event' The Canadian Coast Guard, City of Sarnia and the Canadian Border Services Agency spent a combined $33,856 on the rescue. Gladu has discussed the event with rescue groups on both sides of the border. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.