[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MEXICAN MILITARY HELICOPTER INCURSIONS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, U.S. Border Patrol agents have spotted 
yet another Mexican military helicopter incursion into Texas. That 
makes three times these helicopters have crossed the border into 
America this year, that we know of. On Saturday, another Mexican 
military helicopter was in Texas, hovering near the Roma-Miguel Aleman 
International Bridge. Two other times this year, Mexican helicopters 
were photographed in Starr and Zapata Counties in Texas.
  These military incursions are becoming routine. What are they doing 
here? We don't know. Has our government protested this violation of 
international law? No one is talking. Our own government seems to be 
blissfully silent about these incursions. That's why I'm asking 
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano for some answers.
  The Federal Government is MIA on our borders. Our government ought to 
spend less time protesting States like Arizona, trying to protect their 
citizens from border violence, and start getting some answers from 
Mexico about their military helicopters flying into the United States.
  And that's just the way it is.

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