Exploring the impact of increased Canadian border crossings on crime rates

Exploring the impact of increased Canadian border crossings on crime rates

Wayne County Sheriff Robert Milby says areas along the northern border have felt the impact of criminal activity through international drug trade.

Collins says Canadian students entering Maine face ‘excessive searches’

The Republican questioned top Trump administrations officials Thursday about tighter security at the northern border and called for a stronger federal response to illegal marijuana growing operations in Maine.

Susan Collins presses Trump officials on illegal marijuana grow houses

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins this week pressed two top Trump administration officials on their response to the proliferation of illegal marijuana grow houses in Maine. Those exchanges happened during hearings before the Senate Appropriations Committee, which Collins chairs, on budget requests. A leaked federal government memo estimated that Maine had as many as 270 large-scale illegal marijuana grows connected to organized crime groups in China. The …