LINCOLN- Twenty governors signed onto a letter asking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to take action to close the U.S. border with Mexico. The letter comes after unauthorized crossings at the southern border increased throughout February and March, reaching a 20-year high. Border control took more than 172,000 people into custody in March alone.

The governors wrote in the letter that 'irresponsible rhetoric' was at fault, including the reversal of several Trump-era policies. Further, because of these changes more drugs and weapons are being smuggled into the country and that trafficking has increased. The letter addresses the requests housing for migrants, including unaccompanied minors from the U.S. DHHS to states in April-- which Ricketts denied. The letter states that their individual state cannot be used to circumvent the federal government's problems at the border.

They asked Biden to abandon policies they say made a “self-created crisis that exploits families, undermines public safety, and threatens our national security.”

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