From Arizona to New Hampshire, 26 governors form strike force to secure U.S.-Mexico border

It's a multi-state partnership that will strive to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

The news comes a day after U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border are at their highest levels in two decades.

Since its creation in 2015, the Arizona Border Strike Force has seized 985 pounds of fentanyl, 13,100 pounds of methamphetamine, 1,704 pounds of cocaine, and 801 pounds of heroin.

In recent conversations, Arizona Border Patrol has told Gov. Ducey that there is a need for greater analytical and cyber assistance.

"Criminal organizations know how to exploit the crisis at the border, and are using it to flood massive quantities of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine into our country," Tim Roemer, Arizona Department of Homeland Security Director and the state's Chief Information Security Officer, said in the press release.

"The Biden administration's failed border policies have created a homeland security and humanitarian crisis - and every state in the country is paying the price. The American Governors' Border Strike Force will increase collaboration and intelligence sharing across state lines so we can work together to keep illegal drugs out of our towns and cities." The states hope to combat transnational criminal organizations and drug and human trafficking crimes both financially and operationally.

It's a policy that allows for the expulsion of migrants at the border who have been in a country where infectious disease is present, including coronavirus.

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