Forget Mexico, Democrats turn focus to porous Canadian border

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

While President Donald Trump fixates on the threat at the U.S-Mexico border, House Democrats plan to use their agenda to investigate the terrorist threat at the northern border.

There are nearly 200 vacancies for Border Patrol agents at the Canadian border, and the Department of Homeland Security has warned that homegrown terrorists can easily -- and legally -- cross the U.S.-Canada border without being noticed.

This terrorist threat has caught notice of Democrats now running the House Homeland Security Committee, which will investigate the porous nature of the Canadian border and whether the border agency has the right resources to catch would-be terrorists from slipping into the country unnoticed.

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There is a long history of aspiring terrorists crossing into the U.S. from Canada.

Ahmed Ressam was arrested in 1999 after he tried to flee from U.S. immigration agents, who found explosive materials in his car. He'd plotted to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. And three Canadians were convicted of smuggling a bomb over the border with Vermont in 1987.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/forget-mexico-democrats-turn-focus-to-porous-canadian-border/ar-BBSaDqQ?li=BBnb7Kz

I remember Ahmed Ressam. He tried to sneak in with a car load of explosives having taken the Victoria BC to Port Angeles WA ferry.

[dameatball]

1. There is a novel called "Axis of Evil" by Bobby Akart in which he details how porous that border is

and, in this case, North Koreans slipped across and linked up with sleeper cells. I never finished the book because the author tended to parrot way too many right wing talking points. However in the border issue I think he described valid scenarios.

[donkeypoofed]

2. Bring a weedwhacker for our privacy hedge !

Cause we got one, ya know.

[Igel]

3. Yep.

One of those that don't matter because they were caught at a port of entry.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Well, I have read that Canada is more than willing to pay for a wall on their southern border -- nt