(Mission, Texas) -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds was part of a group of Republican governors touring the southern U.S. border today (Wednesday). The governors were invited by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The governors are urging the Biden Administration to tighten illegal migration at the border. Reynolds says a main concern is the amount of illegal drugs, including fentanyl coming over the border, some of which she says has ended up in Iowa. Iowa was among several states sending state troopers to assist law enforcement to the border this past summer.
The governors agreed on a policy framework which includes the following points.
- Continue Title 42 public health restrictions
- Fully reinstate the Migrant Protocol Protections
- Finish securing the border
- End catch and release
- Clear the judicial backlog
- Resume the deportation of all criminals
- Dedicate federal resources to eradicate human trafficking and drug trafficking
- Re-enter all agreements with our Northern Triangle partners and Mexico
- Send a clear message to potential migrants
- Deploy more federal law enforcement officers