Our borderline security

Lou Dobbs:

It remains to be seen whether intelligence reform legislation will produce substantive improvements in our national security. Republicans and Democrats alike certainly hope so, as do we all. But Congress and the White House failed to approve other reforms passed by the House of Representatives that would have ensured heightened border security and the ability to control immigrant documentation and identification, which the 9/11 commission recommended.

...However, more than three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it may seem ludicrous to many that we have reached only the stage of dialogue and debate instead of concrete action. While it is critically important that we have the best intelligence possible about the radical Islamist terrorists who would destroy this nation and its citizens, no amount of intelligence and improved analysis and communication can prevent an individual terrorist or group from entering our poorly protected ports and insecure, porous borders...

...Economic interests are dominating the discussion of immigration reform. Big business, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and organized labor both seek open borders--business to exploit the cheap labor that is provided by illegal aliens and labor organizations to add to their membership rolls. Incredibly, much of organized labor in this country, including the AFL-CIO, supports open borders even at the expense of its current members...

Immigration2004 · Sun, 12/19/2004 - 23:34 · · Importance: 1