Farm Bureau Urges Biden to Address Border Crisis, Says Farm Families' Lives At Risk

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The situation at the southern border continues to be an issue for farmers and ranchers, and agricultural groups are now calling on President Biden to do more.

Dangerous border crossings continue to be an issue for those with land adjacent to the border. Just last week, U.S. Border Patrol agents took more than 160 undocumented immigrants into custody within 24 hours in two human smuggling attempts in Laredo, Texas. That included finding 50 people inside a tanker trailer. 

The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with all 50 state Farm Bureaus and Puerto Rico, sent a letter to the Biden Administration asking for help. The letter says the increase in undocumented immigration is severely impacting farm and ranch families, putting property and personal safety at risk. 

Farm Bureau says landowners are seeing their fences cut, crops destroyed, water sources compromised and vandalism. The group is asking the federal government to provide additional resources to secure the border.

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