Just for you, Grammie!
Posted on 02/10/2005 10:37:57 AM PST by Marine Inspector
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox (R-CA) delivered the following remarks during today's news conference on the REAL ID Act: "Today, we're going to be considering legislation that is going to make America safer and more secure and I'm confident that we will pass it in the U.S. House of Representatives. This is indeed unfinished business from the implementation of the 9-11 Commission recommendations.
"The time on the floor today will be divided between representatives of the Committee on Judiciary, the Committee on Government Reform and the Committee on Homeland Security. But make no mistake about it, the leadership of the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee is the reason that we're here today. Because he fought to improve these provisions in the 9-11 Commission Implementation Act. And as you know, we are here today because of his successful negotiation to gain that ultimate result.
"I hope that never again, we fail to see that border security is an elemental part of homeland security.
"Since 9/11, America has waged a successful War on Terror. We have dedicated unprecedented resources to securing our homeland but there is more to do.
"The 9/11 Commission said: 'There is evidence that terrorists used human smugglers to sneak across borders,' and the report goes on to say, 'it is elemental to border security to know who is coming into the country,' today the report points out there are more than 9 million people in the United States illegally.
"The REAL ID Act does more than set a reasonable standard for ensuring the integrity of government-issued identification. It helps prevent terrorists from traveling across America's borders by closing the 3-mile hole in the border fence near San Diego.
"Border agents have reported an increased number of individuals from countries of national security interest -- countries known to harbor terrorists -- who have been smuggled recently across our borders.
"In 2004, border patrol agents arrested over 650 suspected terrorists from countries of national security interest trying to cross the southern border, and they expect the number will rise this year.
"We will face this reality and this growing reality year after year unless we take the steps outlined in this legislation to deal with those border security gaps.
"We should complete this border security fence so that border agents can refocus their efforts in other problem areas, and save money while doing so. Not only does this make sense for our national security, but it makes sense for the nation's taxpayers.
"It would cost $32 million to complete this border security fence. Compare this to the approximately $6 billion that Congress appropriated in FY04 for customs and border protection, in FY05 we allocated $6.5 billion dollars, and the President has proposed in his budget just this week, $6.7 billion for Customs and Border Patrol. It will only cost $32 million to complete this three mile fence.
"Only in Washington will bureaucrats decide to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on a fence that has a big hole in it. It's high time that we finish this job. The border security fence will close border security gaps and save taxpayer's money, allow border agents to focus on other areas of national security interests and most importantly, it will, like the rest of this legislation, make America safer and more secure."
Source: Committee on Homeland Security
Ping.
BTTT
On the "Bush Budget Scraps 9,790 Border Patrol Agents" thread BootsOfEscaping noted that the President has promised $600 million dollars to the tsunami recovery.
I guess its different when the big wave is made up of humans instead of water.
You must remember, to the President, everyone is a victim, except American citizens.
No way; only non-conservatives cowtow to that victimization ideology.
Charlie Brown's teacher: "*''-..:.'"
What?
"*''-..:hispanic vote % & $$$ ***!"
Oh. Never mind.
HiJinx...another ping in case you missed this first time around.
Just for you, Grammie!
Absolutely disgusting the Cowardness or complete Neglect of their Sworn oaths Bush took just a week or so ago.
I've cast my last 'vote republican because the other worthless shit is worse' vote.
"In 2004, border patrol agents arrested over 650 suspected terrorists from countries of national security interest trying to cross the southern border, and they expect the number will rise this year."
But, but, but they keep saying that the terrorists aren't using the southern border. (sarcasm off)
Just thought I'd ping Bayourod...and ask him if he wants to hire these 650 "immigrants" to cut his lawn / wash his dishes?
LOL
Bayourod? You mean, the FReeper who insists we've never had a terrorist caught crossing the southern border?
What does he know that the 9/11 commission and Congressman Cox don't know?
This legislation reportedly contains some very dangerous precedents that must be excised before passage.
How many of those 650 were "arrested" at border crossing points because their papers were not in order? How many were cleared and allowed to continue on into the U.S.? Several million people cross our borders every year legally. To have 650 of them "suspected" is not arlarming except to certain type people who are fearful of immigrants.
There hasd been lots of "evedence" that has not proven valid, such as the six Chinese headed to Boston.
There have been nearly 200 people indicted for terrorists related activities in the U.S. since 9/11. Not aq single one was a border jumper.
The anti-immigrant crowd doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between suspicion and fact on anything,
Zero. The BP does not man the border crossing points.
In fact don't you work at an airport checking visas? You have certainly given everyone the impression that you are a member of the border patrol.
"The anti-immigrant crowd...bla, bla, bla"
There ya go again.
There's a sizeable anti ILLEGAL immigrant crowd here on FR...myself being one of them.
You keep on leaving out the ILLEGAL part there Bayo...
It only took 19 to bring the towers down.
If the US is to err, I'd rather err on the side of caution...
"There have been nearly 200 people indicted for terrorists related activities in the U.S. since 9/11. Not aq single one was a border jumper."
You forgot to add...."that I know of"
unless you have some exclusive access to all FBI, CIA and NCIC files.
You can't even acknowledge that these "border jumpers" are here illegally....do you really expect to convince anyone here on FR that your rants are factual?
And not a single one was a border jumper.
The anti-immigrant crowd wouldn't be concerned at all about terrorists if it weren't an excuse they use to crack down on immigrants. They don't seem interested at all in other aspects of terrorism. In fact they want resources diverted from the priority anti-terrorist defenses to be used to catch Mexican gardeners.
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