Two Russians ask for asylum after landing at Gambell: Sullivan, Murkowski issue statement on Arctic security - Must Read Alaska

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Only local officials and state law enforcement had the capability to immediately respond to the asylum seekers, while Customs and Border Protection had to dispatch a Coast Guard aircraft from over 750 miles away to get on scene," Murkowski said.
54% : U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan today released the following statements after two Russian nationals landed at a beach near Gambell, located on the northwest tip of St. Lawrence Island in Alaska, and requested asylum in the United States.
51% : The details are still sketchy, but the two are now in the hands of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
50% : Two Russians have requested asylum after they landed their small boat on a beach Alaska's St. Lawrence Island on Tuesday near the small community of Gambell, about 36 miles from mainland Eastern Russia.

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