Welch calls for more Homeland Security focus on northern border

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Sen. Peter Welch said the northern border needs more attention from the federal government.

Welch. D-Vermont, said the Department of Homeland Security needs to provide support to, “help keep asylum-seekers safe and maintain the integrity of our border.”

This comes as a surge of people tries to cross into the U.S. and Canada from New York and Vermont, an area known as the Swanton sector.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said they are focused on the situation in the north. He points to the Safe Third Country agreement with Canada to bring greater enforcement authority to both countries.

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