Ted Poe: “as the sun sets on the 109th Congress today, the sun is also setting in the Southwest at a border unguarded from illegal…”

“as the sun sets on the 109th Congress today, the sun is also setting in the Southwest at a border unguarded from illegal entry, open for settlement and incursion. Our government has voiced empty words of border security and protecting our Nation from foreign invasion. Much like the Empire of Rome in 364 A.D., when the Goths encroached into Roman lands, there were not enough border security agents to keep them out. They were not required to assimilate into the Roman culture. The Romans did nothing. Blind to Goth occupation, Rome created its own downfall and disappearance as a Nation. Inability to protect borders and keep intruders out has led to the extermination of civilizations throughout history. Our government has failed with empty, meaningless political promises to protect the American people from border invasions. Mr. Speaker, Americans are tired of the hollow, hapless words. They are demanding secure borders to keep our Nation sovereign. It is the moral responsibility of this Nation to protect its citizens from invasion, to secure its borders from foreign invaders, before we become another Rome and pass smoldering into the ash heap of historical insignificance. All the while the sun sets in the Southwest. And that's just the way it is.”