[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                MEXICAN BORDER RAIDERS HAVE STRUCK AGAIN

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, in the desert sand dunes near the western 
town of Yuma, Arizona, Mexican border raiders have struck again. These 
outlaws snuck into America driving high dollar SUVs. They were 
smuggling dope into America. But American lawmen were waiting for these 
bandits. Upon seeing the good guys, however, the drug dealers sped back 
toward the safe haven of complacent Mexico.
  Border Agent Louis Aguilar of El Paso, Texas, cut them off and threw 
tire spikes into their path. But the illegal driving a fancy Humvee at 
a speed of 55 miles an hour ran over and killed Agent Aguilar. One 
witness said ``the driver swerved and hit the agent on purpose.'' The 
Humvee, bandits and drugs disappeared in the dust across the border to 
a protected hideout in the badlands of Mexico.
  Aguilar was 32, married and had two little kids. The Mexican 
government said it will find the killers. Yeah, right.
  There is a border war going on, Madam Speaker. Agents should have the 
authority to prevent the infiltration of criminal bandits into our 
homeland by any legal means necessary. Otherwise, our Nation will 
continue to be at risk by these invaders.
  And that's just the way it is.

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