Senator Jon Tester has a clear message for the Obama Administration, do not forget about securing the northern border.

During a Senate Homeland Security hearing today, Tester slammed the Administration’s proposal to cut 300 Border Patrol Agents and promised to continue to hold the Department of Homeland Security accountable to communities across the Hi-Line.

“When we are talking about drugs coming across the border, they don’t all come across the southern border,” Tester told DHS Secretary Johnson.  “Don’t forget about the northern border—it’s damn important.  I live 70 miles from the border and if we take our eye off of that, they will go where the weakest link is.”

President Obama’s 2017 proposed budget includes reduction of 300 Border Patrol Agents overall in exchange for additional equipment.

Tester said the reduction in Border Patrol Agents would weaken our national security and make America vulnerable to increased drug trafficking and crime.

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