GOP Senator Calls Out Security Threat At Border Due To Customs Agency’s Cannabis Policies For Agents
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) has launched a critical appeal to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), demanding the reversal of a recent policy shift.
The revised policy reducing the period of ineligibility for employment due to past marijuana use from two years to just three months apparently triggered alarm bells for Lankford.
In a letter addressed to CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller, Lankford expressed deep reservations about the policy’s implications, reported Fox News on Monday.
“I am gravely concerned that this policy change undermines the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce. Accordingly, I ask that you rescind this policy and restore the two-year lookback on marijuana usage among Border Patrol recruits,” he wrote.
Lankford’s letter comes one day after, Donald Trump said he preferred immigrants from …