Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.
We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America's 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country.
And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.
In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.
We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.
Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.
The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.
Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates government.
All together, we know for many years that terror is the most dangerous thing for local, regional and international stability.
The real threat comes from terrorism.
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