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Lampson Supports SECURE Border Act to Shut the
Door on Al Qaeda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, September 23, 2004

PRESS CONTACT:
Suzanne Jordan, (202) 225-6565

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Nick Lampson (D-TX) today joined Homeland Security
Committee Ranking Member Jim Turner (D-TX), House Border Caucus Chairman Silvestre Reyes
(D-TX), Houston Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) and other Texas delegation members to introduce the
SECURE Border Act. Lampson is a co-sponsor of the bill, which takes the strongest action in
history to secure the southern border.

“The US-Mexico Border is a virtual open door for terrorists,” Lampson said. “Al Qaeda knows
our vulnerability.”

Lampson gave troubling examples of Al Qaeda’s interest in the southern border, referring to a
border-wide alert for a cell leader trying to cross illegally and Central American reports that Al
Qaeda has contacted smuggling gangs to carry terrorists across.

The SECURE Border Act would double the number of Customs/Immigration and Border Patrol
officers along the border; screen all cargo crossing into Texas for nuclear material; and deploy
technology to monitor every mile of the border 24/7.

“We will work to keep America’s door open to our friends, but shut the door on our enemies,”
Lampson said. “This is our most sacred duty— to preserve and protect the people of the United
States.”

Congressman Nick Lampson (D-TX) is the fourth-term representative of the Ninth District of Texas,
which includes Southeast Texas’ Golden Traingle, Galveston Island and Johnson Space Center. He is a
member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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[ApesForEvolution]

BTTT

[JoeBob]

Absolutely correct. You have it right. As the father of a Border Patrol Agent I know that everything you say is right on. A couple of good websites that tell it like it is are www.americanborderpatrol.com and www.ranchrescue.com
(the first site is NOT a govt. site).

[ApesForEvolution]

http://www.americanborderpatrol.com and http://www.ranchrescue.com BTTT

[NCjim]

I agree. I feel much better now...

[valkyrieanne]

When you're experiencing recto-cranial inversion, it's hard to see what's going on around.

[Travis McGee]

This is known as: THE OSTRICH DEFENSE.

[Wolfhound777]

Ridge is flat out lying and I hope he gets caught in it.

[Wolfhound777]

Don't you people pause for even a second to think that maybe Ridge has it right..

I believe he is lying in an election year not to offend the mexican american voters. God help him if any of these creatures do get across the border and participate in a terrorist act.

[Libertina]

Now I am sorry that I didn't bookmark it, but I read here that at least a dozen middle eastern people had been caught trying to come across the border without correct documents. Sorry, I find this more credible than "I don't know of any problem."

[steve86]

Ridge is flat out lying and I hope he gets caught in it

The more I read this stuff the less inclined I am to vote.

[Wolfhound777]

Unfortunately, we can't risk the Rats exerting any more control over us so we have to vote for the idiot congressmen in the GOP.

[JackelopeBreeder]

From the Sierra Vista Herald...

To expand a bit, Walt Kolbe found this amongst a couple of dozen backpacks that had been abandoned overnight on his property in Hereford. He lives along the western edge of a series of trails the local Border Patrol openly calls OTM Alley.

I shake down the load-out sites constantly and find beaucoup airline ticket stubs among the abandoned trash. The tickets I find in OTM Alley almost always have the name portion of the ticket torn off. Along the other trails the tickets are usually intact, with names, and I only find Spanish names.

[zeugma]

I had NO IDEA Tom Ridge had been put on psychotropic drugs.

You owe me a new keyboard! My nose hurts from the mountain dew :-)

I'd have to agree though. Tom is living in a fantasy world if he thinks there is any such thing as border security today. He also is pretty whacked for thinking that mexico is a friend or ally.

[zeugma]

"Militarization" is reserved for use against us Americans at airports, political conventions, license checkpoints, etc....

You are so on target with this comment that I'm almost speechless. Ridge's comment is completely divorced from any semblance of reality. Unfortunately, it's the party line, and Bush won't do a thing about it for fear of pissing off hispanic voters.

[No_Doll_i]

LoL Er uh sorry bout that.. send me your address I have a few extra keyboards. ;-)

[JackelopeBreeder]

"We have a long tradition with our friends to the north and south. We're very fortunate that we've never had to assign military to our borders, and we're not going to start that now," Ridge said. "We don't militarize our borders with friends."

Clueless pissant. The border is already militarized -- by the Mexicans.

I've had my own fun experiences with this detachment. They have been caught on numerous occasions on the wrong side of the fence.

[newwahoo]

"Militarization" is reserved for use against us Americans at airports, political conventions, license checkpoints, etc....

Bingo. I spend a lot of time manning those posts and all it makes me think is that the Feds have no idea whatsoever as to who is here in this country. We are not controlling entry, so local law enforcement is left to conduct point defense for every target in the USA.

Its the biggest failing of this presidency and will eventually cost American lives, IMHO.

[zeugma]

If they really want to shut down illegal immigration all they need to do is institute a policy of shooting them on sight at the border. Word would spread quickly that the gravy train was over.

[Travis McGee]

I saved an awesome cartoon showing a granny getting a body search at an airport, while a Mexican (or middle eastern man) is slipping over the border just behind them.

If anyone wants to see it, I don't have it on a host, but I'll email it to somebody who can post it. It's the best homeland security/open borders cartoon I've ever seen.