Republicans back Gov. Kim Reynolds on sending Iowa state troopers to the border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "Border security is important, there's no doubt about it," Wahls said
55% : Reynolds said last month she was helping Texas with border security because "the rise in drugs, human trafficking and violent crime has become unsustainable."
47% : "Whether we want to admit that or not, those problems down on the southern border are becoming problems here in the state of Iowa, and so I absolutely supported that
47% : "I don't know how we have 25 or 30 troopers available to go down to the southern border and take over some federal role in security our border when we don't have adequate resources to make sure that Iowa's roads are safe," he said.
44% : Wahls said the Biden administration is taking border security seriously and taking steps to improve it, "but It's not a problem that can be fixed overnight. ...
36% : Given the mission to bolster security at the U.S.-Mexico border and the governor's concern about illegal drug and human trafficking, "I think that that's a reasonable request for the governor to make," Grassley noted.

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