Gangestad: Flaws in visa program solved by change in representatives

To the Editor:
The recent terrorist attack in San Bernadino brought much-needed scrutiny to the flaws in our current visa program.
Lost in the discussion, however, has been the fact that we still don’t have control of our borders, and if ISIS has figured out how to game the visa system, you can be sure they’ve figured out how to infiltrate our country through our porous borders.
It would be nice if we had a congressman who gets this. Unfortunately, our current congressman, Tim Walz, doesn’t. He has not only failed to address this issue, he has even voted against proposals to deploy the National Guard to defend our borders. He’s also in favor of granting amnesty to people who have overstayed their visas despite the fact that the San Bernadino shootings show that the current visa system is broken.
The number one job of the federal government is to protect American citizens from their enemies. It is obvious that Tim Walz doesn’t get that. Since he doesn’t seem to understand his most basic of duties, it is equally obvious that it’s time to replace him with a congressman that does, and that person in my opinion is Jim Hagedorn.
 Mike Gangestad           
Luverne