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Ted Poe: the State of Texas is a little richer today. But the money found along our border was not American money; it was money…

On the recordJuly 11, 2006
the State of Texas is a little richer today. But the money found along our border was not American money; it was money from the Middle East. A Sudanese dinar was found not too long ago along the Texas-Mexico border. This type of money is a whole lot more dangerous because it brings with it someone carrying this money. {time} 1545 Someone that came into the United States obviously illegally from the nation of Mexico. The Sudanese dinar was discovered on our border, a clue that could have been easily lost among the trash trails illegal invaders from around the world leave behind. But unlike most, the person carrying that dinar may not dream of a better life in the United States. He probably didn't come to the United States looking for work. He could covet death and a whole lot of it. The threat of illegals infiltrating America is not just a threat to our economic security, it is a threat to our national security. Now, so many OTMs, in the vernacular, Other Than Mexico, are coming into the United States, especially into Texas the, terrorist threat increases. These people come from all over the world. They come from China, they come from Korea, they come from the Middle East. They come from Africa, they come from South America and they come from Europe.…
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Ted Poe
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