Escaping to Canada is a $60 cab ride

Passengers who do not speak English, Seymour said, use different techniques for communication

Cab driver Curtis Seymour got the call at 3:30 am to pick up a passenger at the Greyhound bus station in Plattsburgh, New York, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Canadian border.
 
An older Haitian woman wearing a purple and yellow headwrap, mauve lipstick and big gold earrings descended from the bus with two handbags, a backpack and a suitcase. Seymour placed her luggage in the car, and asked where she was headed.
 
"Canada," the woman, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Cilotte, said in broken English. "No police," she added.