Speech #1050070290

I have almost 800 miles of the TexasMexico border in my congressional district. I oppose this motion. not because I am against enforcing our borders. In fact. we do have a war zone in some portions of my district with drugs and illegal aliens swarming across the river. But todays vote is not about having our military support the Border Patrol. they already do that. This is about having the military replace the Border Patrol along the Mexican border. As I said. we do have a war zone. but this is a situation that could magnify in the future. Instead of having police officers doing their job where they should be. we could have tanks and troops stationed at every street corner of America when there Is a crime problem. in Detroit.