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We need to make sure we have secure borders.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

While a strong presence on our southern border is imperative, the border cannot be secured unless we enforce our internal laws and stop ignoring the open complicity of U.S. companies and foreign nations to promote illegal activities.

There must be protection of the external borders.

Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.