[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AND THE BORDER WAR GOES ON

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the violence at our southern border 
with Mexico has escalated, resulting in murders, kidnappings, old west 
shootouts, Mexican military helicopter intrusions into the U.S., and 
criminal cartels cloning Border Patrol vehicles to smuggle the drugs.
  An Arizona rancher was murdered at the border recently on his ranch. 
A California border agent was assassinated just a few months ago. In El 
Paso, Texas, our Border Patrol agents are being targeted by the Azteca 
hit men. These outlaws protect shipments of dope for the Juarez drug 
cartel.
  Now these Mexican criminal cartels have put a $250,000 bounty on our 
Border Patrol agents. In response, our Border Patrol agents have been 
told to wear bulletproof vests. Why do we wait for more tragedy before 
more boots are put on the ground? Our law enforcement agents need help. 
Doesn't Washington know that the border has become a violent war zone? 
National Guard troops should be deployed to the border immediately to 
protect us from the narcoterrorists.
  And that's just the way it is.

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