Lawmakers are shifting some of their focus on border security to the north, aiming to control the growing migration problems along the U.S.-Canada border.

The Senate this summer passed bipartisan legislation with the Northern Border Coordination Act that would allow the hiring of additional Border Patrol agents for understaffed areas along the northern border, The Idaho Capital Sun reported.

The bill, co-authored by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Gary Peters, D-Mich., also calls to establish the Northern Border Coordination Center at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit. 

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