While Republicans try to force a vote on a Democrat bill on immigration we must keep in mind that no serious nation in an age of terrorism can afford to have inadequately controlled borders with millions of people crossing illegally at will. Six years after 9/11, the government bureaucracy is so broken we don’t even know who is in our country. This is a major issue of national security. There is no point in having a $9 billion a year national missile defense program when the same terrorists can rent a truck in Mexico and drive the nuclear or biological weapon right across the border without being stopped. We have an absolute obligation to control our borders and coasts and that obligation is a question of national security. This is not a question of closing the borders, but controlling them. The safety of the American people depends on it.
We should not worry about people who want to come to the United States to work hard, pay taxes, obey the law, and become Americans. In fact, we should be delighted to have new Americans join our country because historically they have been the source of enormous talent, energy, and courage. While millions of immigrants have broken our laws to come here, thousands of highly skilled and educated workers who could add enormously to our economic prosperity are held back by an ineffective system bogged down by bureaucratic red tape.
Monday, March 10, 2008
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