[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, I request permission to take Mr. Osborne's 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas 
is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the State of Texas is a little richer today. 
But the money found along our border was not American money; it was 
money from the Middle East. A Sudanese dinar was found not too long ago 
along the Texas-Mexico border.
  This type of money is a whole lot more dangerous because it brings 
with it someone carrying this money.

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  Someone that came into the United States obviously illegally from the 
nation of Mexico. The Sudanese dinar was discovered on our border, a 
clue that could have been easily lost among the trash trails illegal 
invaders from around the world leave behind.
  But unlike most, the person carrying that dinar may not dream of a 
better life in the United States. He probably didn't come to the United 
States looking for work. He could covet death and a whole lot of it.
  The threat of illegals infiltrating America is not just a threat to 
our economic security, it is a threat to our national security.
  Now, so many OTMs, in the vernacular, Other Than Mexico, are coming 
into the United States, especially into Texas the, terrorist threat 
increases. These people come from all over the world. They come from 
China, they come from Korea, they come from the Middle East. They come 
from Africa, they come from South America and they come from Europe.
  During recent national security hearings, clear and convincing 
evidence was released showing that the dark and deadly underground, 
created and thriving on human trafficking and on drug smuggling, is now 
diversifying into terrorism. Reports indicate that al Qaeda operatives 
have moved to Mexico, have assimilated into the population, have 
learned Spanish, and they are studying the culture and they are posing 
as Mexican workers. They create an illusion, then they wait, make their 
way to America. All the while, the hatred in their hearts is anything 
but phony. They know illegal entry allows them to live here and remain 
untraceable. It is the very freedom that they want to destroy. They 
will use that against us to infiltrate and weaken our Nation.
  For almost 5 years now, Mr. Speaker, we have been hunkering down, our 
eyes really turned north to Canada, the country that has long been 
touted by some as the de facto entry point for illegals. All the way 
terrorists could easily be sneaking through our back door, the southern 
border into the United States. They could pose as a day laborer, a blue 
collar worker, moving, then plotting undetected in the shadowy night 
and the broad daylight, among the people willing to break laws to earn 
money to send home.
  These are people who are willing to break into our country, our 
country. These are criminals who are bent on evil with hearts full of 
malice and mischief. They act in the name of radicalism and destruction 
and hatred.
  Mr. Speaker, we may have terrorists living among us. You have heard 
the phrase, ``It's not if, but when.'' Failure to protect our borders, 
failure to prevent OTMs from entering the United States puts America at 
risk.
  Then continuing this absolute absurd policy of capturing these OTMs 
from other countries and then telling them, on their oath, they need to 
come back to court for their deportation hearing, is absurd. We are not 
shocked that over 90 percent of them never return, but yet they are 
released into the heartland of the United States.
  This nonsense needs to stop. We need to find places for those who 
have decided to enter our country illegally, hold them and detain them 
until they get quick deportation hearings, then send them home where 
they belong.
  The duty of our government is to protect the citizens of this Nation. 
We protect the borders of other countries. We need to protect our own 
border. Border security is a national security issue. And we must have 
the moral will to protect the dignity and sovereignty of this Nation. 
And that's just the way it is.

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