Waste of the Day: Border Security Team Hasn’t Made One Arrest By Jeremy Portnoy

Topline: A $1.4 million state task force created to protect the border between New Hampshire and Canada has not encountered a single illegal border crosser this year

• Topline: A $1.4 million state task force created to protect the border between New Hampshire and Canada has not encountered a single illegal border crosser this year, according to data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.
• Key facts: The state has spent $353,425 so far this year on the Northern Alliance Task Force. Almost half of that was for officers working overtime to help the task force after their normal job hours. Over $113,000 was for equipment including two snowmobiles and a Chevy Silverado truck.
• There were only 21 apprehensions at the border between October 2022 and December 2023 before the task force existed. The rest of the Swanton Sector, which includes Vermont and part of New York, had 3,652 apprehensions, according to the Boston Globe.