U.S.-Canada Border Called ‘Grossly Underprotected’ -- Washington TimesTerrorism risk ‘higher’ than from Mexico.
The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said Tuesday the federal government has control of only 32 miles Canada Border of the 4,000-mile-border with Canada, providing terrorists with what could be an easier entry point than the southern border.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent and committee chairman, said that the lack of a strong defense along the northern border is “absolutely alarming” and that it leaves the American public “grossly underprotected” from terrorist attacks, drug smugglers and other illegal activity.
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My Comment: I have a farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec that is only 5 miles from the U.S. border. Border security .... it is there, but now as pervasive and secured as they would like to say it is. Over the years I have heard many stories of people freely going back and forth (especially on the Indian reservations that straddle both borders), and they have never being confronted by U.S. or Canadian border officials.