Stefanik, Daines push bill to force Biden to open Canadian border, lament that Mexico border is 'wide open'
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Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Steve Daines on Thursday plan to introduce a bill to force Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to begin re-opening the U.S.-Canada border after more than a year of international travel being essentially cut off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"It is unacceptable that President Biden continues to ignore the needs of Montanans and keep the northern border closed while supporting the southern border being wide open to a surge of illegal immigrants and a flood of illegal drugs into our Montana communities," Daines said in a statement about the bill. The southern border is not, in fact, any more open for legal commerce or travel than the U.S.-Canada border — both are still closed to non-essential travel. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier this month extended identical "non-essential travel" restrictions for Mexico and Canada until at least July 21.More Related News