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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Oct. 21, 2021<span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Biden to reinstate policy outlined in governors’ 10-point border plan<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-restarting-remain-in-mexico-policy-tent-courts"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">news that the Biden Administration is taking steps to reinstate the
Migrant Protection Protocols – or “Remain in Mexico” policy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"> – which is one of the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/governors-detail-their-policy-solutions-to-alleviate-border-crisis/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">10 policy recommendations to secure the border</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">
laid out by the majority of the nation’s governors earlier this month. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it is taking steps to reinstate the policy due to recent federal court orders – upheld by the
U.S. Supreme Court – that faulted the Biden Administration for ending the program improperly.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“The Biden Administration’s plan to move forward with reinstating one of the ten border policy recommendations from the majority of our nation’s Governors is
welcome news.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is one of the numerous Trump policies that Biden reversed, and the news that the Biden Administration will reinstate it is a victory
that will serve to keep the American people safer.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Meth and fentanyl are the most serious and growing drug threats in Idaho, and there is a direct tie to the open border with Mexico. The border crisis and the
alarming bump in illegal drug activity are direct results of failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration that harm the people of Idaho, and that is why our nation’s Governors stepped up to offer solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The State of Idaho stands with our fellow Americans in the border states. We were proud to send a specialized team of state troopers to assist with intelligence
gathering and investigative work related to drug interdiction at the border. I will continue to urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to act with conviction to address the growing threats to our country at the border.”</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">208-943-1686 or </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none">marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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