As a Senator from a northern border state. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for us to engage our neighbors in a cooperative manner when it comes to security. If we were to pass this legislation. we would send a message to our Canadian allies that we dont trust their ability to achieve security and we would ignore the fact that border security is in both of our best interests. We will achieve much more by working respectfully and cooperatively with the Canadian government than we will by conducting studies as to whether we should wall off one of our most valuable allies. Another deeply troubling aspect of this bill is the virtually unlimited grant of authority to the Department of Homeland Security to "take all actions ... necessary and appropriate" to secure the countrys border.
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