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Republican Govs Roll Out 26-State Border Task Force to Tackle Illegal Migration
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By Nick Koutsobinas | Tuesday, 19 April 2022 08:47 PM
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and 24 of their peers on Tuesday launched the American Governors' Border Strike Force, aimd at grappling with a deepening illegal migration crisis at the southern border under the Biden administration.
A news release announcing the new group came a day after a March report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; that report noted the highest level of migrant southern border crossings in more than two decades: a robust 221,303.
The American Governors' Border Strike Force is in some ways modeled on a more narrowly focused Arizona Border Strike Force. Since the inception of the Arizona group in 2015, officials have seized "985 pounds of fentanyl, 13,100 pounds of methamphetamine, 1,704 pounds of cocaine and 801 pounds of heroin.
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