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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) issued the statement below following the announcement that the Department of Homeland Security will allow non-essential travelers who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States via land and ferry ports of entry across the U.S. border with Canada. This will take effect in November.
“This is good news. As chair of the Senate group working with the Canadian parliament, I’ve long advocated to safely open up both land and air travel between the United States and Canada. Businesses have suffered and friends and family have been separated for too long. As the Mayor of Duluth would say—we can see the lighthouse on the horizon. This is an important step as we continue to fight our way out of this pandemic.”
Klobuchar has been committed to safely opening the United States-Canada border.
Most recently, Klobuchar led a bipartisan group of her colleagues in seeking clarification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on the medical justifications for the United States’ ban on all travelers from entering the country for non-essential purposes via land, but not via plane. In September, Klobuchar also urged the Biden Administration to end land-crossing restrictions.
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