With illegal crossings at the northern border at an all-time high, a Peruvian gang leader living in Broome County, and New York’s 19th Congressional District becoming the epicenter of the …
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With illegal crossings at the northern border at an all-time high, a Peruvian gang leader living in Broome County, and New York’s 19th Congressional District becoming the epicenter of the opioid epidemic, U.S. Reps. Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19), Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) recently announced the introduction of the Improving Coordination for the Northern Border Act.
The bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Northern Border Coordination Center to strengthen its strategy for the northern border. This strategy would utilize partnerships between federal, state and local law enforcement to stop drug trafficking as well as terrorist and criminal threats. The center will serve as a training location for DHS personnel, as testing grounds for new border security technologies, and help coordinate all northern border security initiatives.
“Record illegal crossings, record overdose deaths, terrorists crossing regularly and a Peruvian gang leader captured in Endicott, NY. We can’t afford to just focus on securing our southern border—we have to look north,” Molinaro said.
“Strengthening operations at our northern border is critical to drug interdiction efforts and keeping dangerous substances out of our communities,” Pappas said.
“There has been an unprecedented spike in illegal crossings at our northern border, including an 846 percent increase in one sector alone, putting our national security and community safety at risk,” Tenney said. “Additionally, 85 percent of suspected terrorists that have illegally crossed our borders have done so over the northern border.”
Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19)
Washington, D.C.
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