NH Gov: We can secure border WITHOUT Biden as northeast deals with migrant influx

Leaders in the northeast United States are warning of persistent crossings over the Canadian border as migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Romania traverse the snow in sub-freezing temperatures.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, a Republican, assured that state and local officials can deal with the influx of migrants at the northern border without the help of President Joe Biden's administration.

Meanwhile, Republican Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas is scheduled to meet with White House Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice on Wednesday to discuss border security in the southwest, according to Politico.

Northern leaders are warning of increased crossings over the Canadian border into the U.S. in sub-freezing and harsh winter conditions

Migrants from South America, Central America and Europe are flying to Canada and crossing illegally onto private property in the U.S. Images captured by Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia for the Swanton Sector posted security images of migrants crossing in 26-29 degree conditions with persisting snow 

It comes as the administration continues to face backlash for failing to successfully address the southern border crisis and massive influx of migration since Biden took office in January 2021.

Much of the attention has remained in the south where thousands of migrants cross daily, but the northern sectors are bringing awareness to migrants crossing in some of the harshest winter conditions.

Sununu explained that migrants are now flying to Canada and crossing the border in the north into private land in the U.S.

'I tell you that, everything from Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, over the past year, increased border crossing in New York and Vermont and making their way to New Hampshire,' Sununu noted to Fox News in a Tuesday morning interview.

The sector covering New York, Vermont and New Hampshire saw a 173 percent increase in migrant apprehensions and encounters at the end of 2022 compared to a year earlier.

'My job is to make sure New Hampshire doesn't become a corridor,' Sununu said.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said Tuesday that local and state officials and leaders can address the migration crisis without the help of the Biden administration

In the last three days, 29 migrants were apprehended in the northeast border area coming from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Romania 

Trudging through the snow, these migrants flew from their home countries to Canada to cross into northeastern states like New York, Vermont and New Hampshire

The New Hampshire governor added while federal agents are 'doing a great job' they are limited by the 'pull-back on resources from the federal government.'

'For a decade, New Hampshire had local law enforcement to partner with them to assist in illegal border crossings, that personnel has been pulled back. We've asked for more funding and it has been pulled back,' he added.

'We are taking our own steps to protect the border.'

Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia for the Swanton Sector in Vermont posted security camera images of migrants wearing large parkas and lugging bags through the snow in 20-degree temperatures.

Garcia noted that in the span of three days, agents apprehended 29 migrants from Central America, South America and Europe.

All four images were distorted by persisting snow, and one showed a single migrant dragging a roller suitcase through the snow, unable to wheel it on the terrain.

'Undeterred by hazardous weather: despite recent snowstorms, illegal border crossings have continued into the harshest #NorthCountry months,' Garcia tweeted with the images.

Temperatures are sub-freezing as migrants are seen in parkas crossing into the northern U.S.

'Over the past 72 hours, our #BorderPatrol Agents braved the weather & apprehended 29 subjects from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, & Romania.'

While lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to intervene in the migration crisis, Governor Sununu is saying that state and local leaders and officials can take moves to address the issue independently.

'Engaging with ICE delegation agreements and basically saying if you don't have resources, empower us and our state police and sheriffs to patrol the border,' he said.

Sununu told Fox that the border issues shouldn't fall to the National Guard to address.

'This is not a National Guard issue, it is lack of human resources we can help provide,' he said, adding that the issues should be addressed by local police departments, sheriffs and state police.

'We can fund opportunities and that is where we're going to go,' he said.

'We'll do our part and hopefully Vermont and New York follow suit. You reported yesterday 40,000 northern border crossings in the last quarter. There are pathways to make up for the federal government failing.'

'Hope we can be an example.'