Northern border “more significant threat” to U.S. security than the Mexican border – Homeland Security Newswire
The U.S. border with Canada sees far fewer detentions and arrests every year, but is a “more significant threat” to American security than the Mexican border, a senior DHS official said Tuesday.
“In terms of the terrorist threat, it’s commonly accepted that [it’s] the more significant threat, because of… people who can enter Canada and then come across our bridges into the United States,” Alan Bersin, head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), told a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington.
The U.S. border with Canada sees far fewer detentions and arrests every year, but is a “more significant threat” to American security than the Mexican border, a senior DHS official said Tuesday.
“In terms of the terrorist threat, it’s commonly accepted that [it’s] the more significant threat, because of… people who can enter Canada and then come across our bridges into the United States,” Alan Bersin, head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), told a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington.
