The border battle in Congress went on the road Wednesday, traveling to Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing and got an earful from local officials about the danger on our border with Canada.
Law enforcement officials from North Dakota said they’re simply out-manned by the influx of illegals, crime, and drugs.
“This is a national security issue, and a national drug trafficking, and an inability to protect our country and our citizens issue,” said Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner, who labels the northern border as a situation out of control.
Jahner, whose Cass County includes the city of Fargo, blames both of America’s porous borders for bringing the deadly fentanyl scourge to his state.
“North Dakota is a ripe area for narcotics trafficking because of the increase in prices that narcotics traffickers can make by selling their products in North Dakota,” he said.
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Sheriff Roger Hutchinson from Renville County on the Canadian border described a criminal landscape far worse than his department can handle.
“Our North Dakota sheriffs have had to deal with border-related dead
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