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We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure.

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

Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them.

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.

Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.

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

We need to protect the sovereignty of our nation, and we need to protect the security of our people here in the country.

We have to protect the rights of the American people.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

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.