Nebraska’s border battle picked up this week from the halls of Congress to the campaign trail across the state.

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I’m Joe Jordan in Omaha where Democrat Preston Love, Junior launched his bid for the Senate against border critic, Republican incumbent, Pete Ricketts, that as two of the state’s three House members upped their border blasts at the President.

Love didn’t mention immigration during his kick-off speech, so I asked:

Joe Jordan, NCN: “What’s the solution at the border?

Preston Love, Jr. Senate candidate (D): “If I had the solution to the border in this interview, we’d both rise to the top.”

Recently Heightening the border talk and the politics, former President Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump: “They're poisoning the blood of our country that's what they've done.”

President Joe Biden accusing Trump of parroting Hitler.

Trump is also promising the largest deportation program in the nation’s history and requiring strong ideological screening of all immigrants, which critics say violates the Constitution’s freedom of religion clause.

That while Republican Congressman Adrian Smith says President Biden is “ignoring” the problem and must “work with Congress” for answers.

His fellow House Republican, Mike Flood voted this week to denounce the “Biden administration's open-borders policies.”

Congressman Mike Flood: “From December 20th to December 30th 8 to 10,000 illegal immigrants crossed into our nation that means drugs fentanyl human trafficking it turns every city in Nebraska into a border town.”

Preston Love, Jr.: I've always felt that if the parties were not trying to win between each other, that the border would win if we could stick together on the border.

But expect Ricketts to continue his constant border criticism. Here he is mentioning the President by name: five times, in four minutes.

Sen. Pete Ricketts, Nebraska (R): “Joe Biden has created this crisis. Eight million since Joe Biden's been President. Last year 854 people died crossing, 2300 since Joe Biden has been President. Joe Biden is responsible for those deaths. Joe Biden’s failed and inept policies.”

Joe Jordan: “Has President Biden mishandled the border?”

Preston Love: “No I think President Biden has inherited a very difficult situation.”