This summer, as unaccompanied minors from Central America began arriving in large numbers at the border, Representative Phil Gingrey, of Georgia — a doctor, as it happens — wrote a letter to the C.D.C. in which he said that the influx "poses many risks, including grave public health threats," and claimed that many of the children lacked basic vaccinations such as those for measles.
"It sounds to me more like political rhetoric than something that is actually needed on our border," Representative Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat whose district includes the border city of McAllen, told the New York Times.
He says they've met with a border representative and educated them on Seven Leaf and Canada's cannabis regulations as well as their unique staffing situation, which includes vice-president and general counsel Lorraine White, a former Chief of the St . Regis Mohawk Tribe(which is what Akwesasne is called on the U.S. side).
Even then, a bond of 20% of the value of goods must be put up, as insurance against wrongful and malicious impoundment.In practice, companies simply cannot move fast enough to stop the dodgy goods from going abroad, nor can they realistically afford to employ a brigade of border representatives armed with bagloads of Vietnamese money.
"We need a uniform technology within our borders," said Representative Brian J. Flaherty, deputy Republican leader of the Connecticut General Assembly.
"It doesn't matter if the ads were purchased from inside Syria or outside of its borders," a representative of The Syria Campaign told The Huffington Post.
"Arizona and other border states are grateful for the additional resources at the border," said Representative Jeff Flake of Arizona.
"It's harmful to the kind of family culture we have at the border," said Representative Bob Filner, Democrat of California, who has urged the department not to build in the park.
Some Border State representatives objected to any form of confiscation.
