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On the recordJanuary 7, 2011
Madam Speaker, more Border Patrol agents are being sent to the southern border. The border is violent, desolate, and dangerous. Drugs and people are going north. Money and weapons are going south. And the border is a war zone. Madam Speaker, I'm not talking about the southern border of the United States with Mexico. No. I'm talking about the Afghanistan- Pakistan border. That's correct. Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano has said, ``We are going to contribute Border Patrol agents to protect the border of Afghanistan.'' Now, why is Homeland Security making this uninformed decision? Our southern border is a war zone and our Border Patrol agents are needed there. In fact, they need more help. We should send more National Guard troops there to help them stop the invasion of the violent drug cartels. Homeland Security should protect our homeland, not somebody else's. This ill-advised move by the Department of Homeland Security shows how blissfully ignorant Washington is about reality and the battle on the third front, the southern border of the United States. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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