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Ted Poe: I bring you news from the third front--the war zone that is our southern border with Mexico. Violent behavior is…

On the recordDecember 15, 2010
I bring you news from the third front--the war zone that is our southern border with Mexico. Violent behavior is reaching new lows in the Mexican border town of Juarez. Armed attackers busted into a kindergarten school and set it on fire. Why? Well, the criminal drug cartels found out the teachers in Juarez got a Christmas bonus, so they set up a new extortion racket. These outlaw banditos demanded a protection fee from the teachers to keep their students safe. When the teachers didn't pay up, armed attackers broke into the school and set it on fire. Juarez is the most violent city in all of Mexico, and the violent cartels are bringing the war to the United States. Just last night, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered by bandits in the border town of Rio Rico, Arizona. Our wide open borders are facilitating violence on both sides of the border war zone. Meanwhile, the administration just whistles past the graveyard. And that's just the way it is.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas
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Dec 15, 2010

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The speaker addresses violence and crime related to drug cartels at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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