Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas dodged questions from senators about the criteria used to justify keeping the nation’s northern land border closed to fully vaccinated Canadians, hours after the U.S. renewed its border restrictions for another month.
Mayorkas would not directly respond to queries from Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., about the reasoning behind barring Canadians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from driving to the U.S.
Peters specifically questioned why the U.S. chose to lift travel restrictions on vaccinated visitors from more than two dozen countries beginning in November, an update announced Monday but extended the Canadian border closure through Oct. 21.
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