[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE BORDER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, over 2,200 people have been killed 
just this year in drug-related border violence in Mexico, and some have 
been Americans. The violence is flooding into American communities. 
Bullets are literally flying across the Rio Grande River into El Paso, 
Texas. The drug cartels shoot their way across the border into America, 
and people are scared.
  The Federal Government has a two-part border security plan: one, put 
up warning signs not to travel parts of America because of the violent 
drug cartels; and, two, sue States that try to protect their people 
from illegal entry. That is no competent security plan.
  One real answer is to pass legislation to put 10,000 National Guard 
troops on the border, to be paid for by the Federal Government and 
supervised by the State Governors.
  How much more violence must occur on the border before the Feds 
actually do the job the Constitution requires? Protect the Nation.
  And that's just the way it is.

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