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Then why hasn't the "Administration" taken steps to close the borders to prevent additional terrorist from invading while the seek those already here?

Well, here are the steps the Administration is trying to take. This is from the Attorney General's testimony before Congress on April 26, 2001:

"The FY 2002 budget also includes $75 million for the INS to add 570 new Border Patrol agents in 2002, with plans to add another 570 in 2003. With these 1,140 additional agents, the total increase of 5,000 Border Patrol agents authorized by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) will be achieved.
Approximately 11,000 agents will be deployed along the nation's northern and southern borders by the end of 2003, 11 percent more than the 2001 level of 9,800."

I just love that phrase, "close the borders." Why, with a mere flap of our gums we can solve the problem instantly. The 11,340 miles of fencing, the 119,000 guard towers, and the 400,000 guards at an annual cost of about $18 billion, will simply come into existence as we speak. "Let there be light!" It couldn't be easier. Then we'll have high fences with barbed wire all around the perimeter, with guard shacks every 500 feet, with machine guns mounted in them. It'll be just like East Germany.