If terrorists are already on our southern border, a national-security failure has already occurred.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We need to secure our southern border. Clearly, the southern border is now a nexus between immigration and national security. It's a sieve.
We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.
Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports.
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.
In fact, the place where we have indicted more terrorists or potential terrorists, is our Northern border.
I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.
Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders.
If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing.
But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.
The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat.