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Heidi Heitkamp

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Heidi Heitkamp is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from North Dakota. During her tenure, Heitkamp focused on issues such as agriculture, energy, and rural development, advocating for policies that benefited her state's economy and communities.

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Mar 7, 2017

In fact, we know that the murder rates per capita are the highest in these countries, especially El Salvador.

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Feb 28, 2017

I think it is clear--and the ability to collaborate, with those resources, is so critical.

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Feb 28, 2017

Obviously, the law that was passed requires that you meet a June deadline for telling us what the threats are and how you are going to secure the Northern border.

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Feb 28, 2017

It is harder and harder to find Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) money.

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Feb 28, 2017

The criminal element is pouring across the border, because there is a market for what they are selling here.

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Feb 28, 2017

The biggest problem I see is extortion.

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Feb 28, 2017

We see a lot of trafficking on and off of the reservation.

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Feb 28, 2017

I think you know almost better than anyone else who serves in this Administration how horrific the conditions are.

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Feb 28, 2017

We cannot solve this problem without thinking about stabilizing the Triangle countries--especially the country of El Salvador.

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Feb 28, 2017

Deporting people home may, in fact, mean sending one of the worst perpetrators, who now has the ability to extort any number of additional people, home to achieve a criminal result right here in the United States.

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