NH's Governor Asks Feds To Step Up Border Patrol With Canada Or He'll Do It Himself
Sununu requested the Biden Administration to step up patrols of New Hampshire's 51-mile Canadian border or else state, local police will.
Posted Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:43 am ET
By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH
CONCORD, NH — Gov. Chris Sununu is asking the Biden Administration to step up its patrol of New Hampshire’s 51-mile border with Canada or he will do it with a $1.4 million budget priority he has proposed to use state and local law enforcement.
It comes during a steep rise in illegal crossing attempts in recent months and after a Mexican man died on the U.S. border near Derby, Vermont, on Feb. 19 in a failed attempt to reach the United States.
Sununu wrote to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, Monday following a conversation Sununu said the two had over the past weekend to address the “alarming rise” in illegal border crossings and a need to step up efforts.
https://patch.com/new-hampshire/across-nh/nhs-governor-asks-feds-step-border-patrol-canada-or-hell-do-it-himself
