Rep. Poe: Terrorism is an Immigration Enforcement Issue
"Edward Schumacher-Matos's Oct. 2 book review of "The 
Closing of the American Border" by Edward Alden could more accurately have been called "How Quickly We Forget." While it may represent an accurate account of the written work, its conclusions portray an astonishing disregard for recent history, most notably the 9/11 terrorist attacks just seven years ago. To suggest that immigration enforcement and counterterrorism should be treated separately is simply wrong," says Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) in a letter to the Wall Street Journal. "We know now that several of the 9/11 terrorists abused the nation's immigration laws. The fact is that if the immigration enforcement tools that exist today had been in place prior to 9/11, each of the hijackers would have received additional scrutiny by law enforcement authorities."
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THE OPEN BORDER NUTS HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT
Terrorists mixed in with their foreign overpopulation isn't the problem; its the legal American Middle Class trying to survive their foreign overpopulation that is the problem.
Ted Poe is one of the better Congressmen on immigration, he even voted against the bailout bill, (unlike Tancredo) We need more people in Congress like him!
It seems odd to me that a country like ours can be so hell bent on keeping us safe from terrorism at the airports but at the same time have OPEN BORDERS in spite of all the armed confrontations and meyham that is happening at the border. This does not add up...
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