[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 62 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MEXICO SUES AMERICA--LONE STAR VOICE: CURTIS KRUEGER
(Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, my office has been inundated by calls from
citizens since the announcement that the Mexican government plans to
sue the United States over our military troops along our border, hauled
into court by the Fox south of the border.
Curtis Krueger of Kingwood, Texas, writes to me:
``Now I read that Mexico is considering suing the United States over
border patrols. To not respond to this would be egregious. We as
Americans have a sovereign right to have our borders protected by
however and whomever we see fit. Our government should vocalize this in
every way possible, not sit back and let someone else formulate public
opinion. To say we cannot handle the immigrant insurgency in our
country flies directly in the face of what we are doing in Iraq. If we
are in Iraq to handle insurgents, why aren't we able to do so within
our own borders. I, along with a vast majority of Americans, say to you
and the government, `We want our country back.'''
America is now going to be sued in our courts by foreign nations for
protecting our Nation.
Mr. Speaker, this ought not to be. We the people have become we the
defendants. Mr. Krueger has got it right. Hopefully our government
does.
And that's just the way it is.
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