[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SOMALI ILLEGALS CROSS INTO TEXAS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Homeland Security 
has issued a terrorist alert for Texas. An Islamic terrorist group from 
Somalia, al Shabaab, is infiltrating across our southern border.
  A people-smuggling ring has been exposed through South America and 
hundreds of Somali illegals were given fake identification. Many of 
them have ties to Islamic terrorist groups.
  This is al Shabaab's Somali terrorist organization, and it's aligned 
with al Qaeda. Their priority is to impose Sharia Islamic law, and they 
have stated their intent to harm America.
  In addition to the Somalis and the terrorists from Somalia coming 
across the border, law enforcement officials in Texas said Mexican 
smugglers are coaching Middle Eastern illegals. They're teaching them 
how to dress and look Hispanic, and they are learning how to speak 
Spanish.
  Mr. Speaker, what is it going to take for the administration to 
really secure the border? The warning signs could not be clearer. We 
need to send sufficient National Guard groups to the border now. Until 
the Federal Government understands border security is a national 
security issue, we are going to continue to have these threats.
  And that's just the way it is.

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