Speech #1000084409

In south Florida. we are once again ignoring history and the simple reality of unsophisticated and relentless smuggling operations. The Miami River runs for 6 miles through the heart of the city and gives it its name. The Miami River is a working riverbut what works on that river today includes rusting freighters with holds crammed with illegal aliens who slip ashore and meld into the city before the boats are docked. Drug cargoes are even more profitable and easier to conceal than human cargoes. The illegal cargo which sails up to our docks with such frequency and impunity does so under the very windows of the U.S.