After months of harmful and unnecessary delays, these border restrictions have now crossed the line from precautionary to preposterous.

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John,

President Biden has extended restrictions on nonessential travel at the U.S.-Canada border for at least a month. This absurd decision comes two days after Canada announced it would reopen its border to vaccinated U.S. citizens on August 9.

After months of harmful and unnecessary delays, these border restrictions have now crossed the line from precautionary to preposterous.

Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has surpassed our own, yet the Biden administration continues to stand in the way of a long-overdue reopening of the border with our closest ally and trading partner.


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Our best defense is safe, effective vaccines, which remain free and available to U.S. and Canadian citizens alike.

If only the Biden Administration would pay as much attention to the actual security threat at our southern border as they do to the unnecessary restrictions at the northern border!

Keeping the border closed to travelers won’t substantially drive vaccination rates up, but it will continue to hold the economy down and hurt communities that depend on cross-border activity, including North Dakota’s retail and tourism industries as well as friends and family members separated by border restrictions for more than 16 months.

With Gratitude,

Doug Burgum

Governor

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