9-11 Commission Staff: We Must Do More to Fight Terror

"While the administration has worked hard to reverse some of these problems, much more needs to be done. We can look backward at all the instances where border security failed to keep out terrorists or to oust them," says Janice Kephart, one of the authors of the 9-11 Commission Staff Report, which outlined important immigration reforms needed to fight terrorism. "Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Republican, began shoring up some of these problem areas with his proposals to the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004. Some good language passed dealing with issues such as terrorist travel intelligence and biometrics. Mr. Sensenbrenner deserves credit for raising a tough and polarizing issue, and understanding a main theme of the September 11 Commission Final Report: that border security must be treated as an essential element of U.S. national security. If we want to prevent terrorist travel (a phrase we coined at the September 11 Commission), Mr. Sensenbrenner continues offering sensible solutions."