NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is spending a second day checking in on our troops helping secure the border in Texas. He is joined by North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann. Burgum says he is there to thank them for supporting efforts by state and federal officials to secure the border,…
Courtesy: Gov. Doug Burgum’s OfficeBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail on Monday to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Burgum is commander-in-chief of the state’s National Guard. He will visit around 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company in Texas. The group began a…
ROSEAU CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Nine people are detained while trying to walk into the U.S. from Canada near Warroad, Minnesota overnight. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says seven people in the group were in the U.S. illegally. Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba got a distress call from one of the people in the group and they notified agents…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An agreement has been reached to extend the hours of service at three border crossings in North Dakota after months of pushing by state leaders. Canada dropped all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers on October 1, but some border hours remain reduced. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency will temporarily expand operating…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to 9 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. 40-year-old Keith Ehrich pleaded guilty in July to one count of sexual abuse of a minor for an incident on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in October 2020. The case was investigated by the FBI, Red Lake Police…
ROSEAU CO., Minn. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection say agents stopped a “smuggling attempt” after two cars with 12 migrants unlawfully entered the U.S. at Roseau, Minnesota. The agency announced on Friday an agent at the Warroad Station was notified on September 25 that two cars had made unlawful entry. The agent located one of the vehicles at a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is temporarily expanding operating hours at three ports of entry on the U.S.-Canada border in North Dakota. The hours at Maida, Northgate and Sherwood ports of entry will be expanded by two hours, to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. That is pending agreement from the Canada Border Services Agency. The move…
BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection won’t restore hours of operation to pre-pandemic levels at some ports of entry in North Dakota, despite pressure from Gov. Doug Burgum. In a letter to the agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent Friday, Burgum said the reduced hours at several North Dakota port crossings along the U.S.-Canadian border…
GRACIN CLEM & LUIS ALVARADOBISMARCK, N.D. (AP/KVRR) — Two North Dakota Army National Guard soldiers are recognized for saving migrants from drowning at the southern border. Specialists Gracin Clem of Dickinson and Luis Alvarado of Bismarck were conducting surveillance for U.S. Customs and Border Protection on March 22nd. That’s when they saw five migrants attempting to cross the Rio Grande…
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) – One agent protested that he didn’t join the Border Patrol to look after children in custody. Another asked why a policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings wasn’t being used more. And one turned his back on the senior officials who had come to listen. Unsurprisingly for anyone who’s been tracking migration along…
