Speaker. from South America are professed friends of al Qaeda. And for these reasons alone. we cannot allow our borders to remain unsecured. This is an unacceptable level of national security risk in a post9/ll world. Mr. Speaker. it is the duty of the Federal Government to protect our borders. and. sir. we are failing that duty. In response to government ineffectiveness. individuals have organized themselves into citizen watch and border patrol groups. and this is at great sacrifice to themselves. There is something seriously wrong in this country when Americas grandmothers feel compelled to sit at the border with binoculars to report illegal activity to authorities. Mr.
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