[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              BORDER FENCE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in spite of objections to the 
contrary, a fence is still being built along the southern border. 
Illegals objected to this but the President is resilient. He is 
standing firm on his commitment to build the fence to keep illegals 
out.
  You see, over 500,000 illegals cross the border every year into 
Mexico, and the fence is being built at the southern end of Mexico to 
keep people like Guatemalans out. It's the Mexican southern border that 
they're protecting.
  You know, Calderon demands that the United States not build a fence. 
He arrogantly demands the Arizona law not be enforced, but when Mexico 
has problems with illegals coming to ``take jobs that Mexicans won't 
do,'' Calderon says he's building a fence on his southern border, 
whether illegals like it or not.
  Every country has the right to defend its border. We should stop 
listening to anything President Calderon says and do what's right for 
our country. Secure our borders by sending immediately the National 
Guard to our southern border.
  And that's just the way it is.

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