Speech #1050188136

I had 11 town hall meetings during the month of August. not once did anyone raise that this is a key issue that we need to do. In fact most of my constituents do not approve putting troops on the border. We do have existing troops that are working there now that are working directly with the Border Patrol. that are working there directly with the Customs. Those individuals are doing a tremendous job. But to put them in the way that we have had them in the past that has created problems is not the way that we should approach this. Again I would indicate to the gentleman that spoke before. it is fine to scapegoat other countries. but we have a responsibility to take and fight it here at home. also. because our citizens are the ones that are also choosing to also take those drugs. Border residents just like everyone else want to stop the influx of illegal drugs. They believe in stopping the flow of undocumented immigrants. But the solution they support is more Border Patrol that are well qualified. more Customs Service agents which we have failed to put enough money to assure that we have those Customs individuals. The Customs Service is the one that opens those trunks. Is the one that looks into those cars.