[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             MEXICAN PRESIDENT SHOULD WORK TO GUARD BORDER

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I read in the paper this morning that 
Mexican President Vicente Fox is visiting the United States today. I 
would like to encourage him to visit the border and to understand why 
we are so troubled by what is happening there. The reported actions on 
that border, they are not good for his country. They are certainly not 
good for our's.
  And I hope he does spend some time observing the power of freedom and 
capitalism, to make a better life for countries which choose to honor 
these values. That power of freedom is a reason people want to come. We 
ask that they come legally and respecting those laws and respecting 
those freedoms.
  I also hope that he will speak to those breaking U.S. law, violating 
the security on our border and tell them he does not condone what they 
are doing.
  Mr. Speaker, the Mexican President should be working with us to guard 
our borders, not encouraging his nation's citizens to cross our borders 
illegally. We hope he will join us in the fight against terrorism.

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