Border security

Canada a terrorist haven? Lawmakers want Homeland Security to check.

But border officers and U.S. officials have long taken seriously the possible threat emanating from the north — if not as seriously as the more famous southwest border — since even before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Now, Congress is acting on that concern. A  bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to  conduct a northern border threat analysis passed the House late Wednesday; a similar Senate bill is awaiting a floor vote.

The union that represents border patrol officers applauded the move, saying the government needs to focus more on the potential terrorist threat from undocumented immigrants crossing the northern border. “We’ve always said that illegal immigration is like water — it’s going to take the path of least resistance,” said Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council. “The northern border is a vulnerability, and it always has been.”