[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 132 (Friday, September 7, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H10247-H10248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 BORDER SECURITY AND THE ALTAR OF GREED

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, it appears that in spite of Federal law that 
requires close inspection of vehicles and identification of people 
entering the United States, in the City of El Paso, Texas, border and 
Customs officials have been ordered to ignore some inspections. This 
Get-to-America-Quick plan requires that if pedestrian lines get too 
long, only 30 percent of them are to be questioned. If vehicular 
traffic waiting time is too long, then inspectors are to ignore some 
basic inspections for drugs and radioactive material.
  According to Sarah Carter of the Washington Times, in some cases only 
every fifth driver and his documents are verified, all this in the name 
of letting more foreign nationals into the United States faster.
  Why? Well, it seems some businesses are complaining the delays hurt 
their profits. So Federal bureaucrats are making border inspection 
officers ignore security, all in the name of the almighty dollar, or 
shall I say peso.

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  This is yet another example of the incompetent attitude and lack of 
will on government bureaucrats to secure the American border. American 
border security should not be sacrificed on the altar of greed.
  And that's just the way it is.

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