Chairman. I rise today in favor of H.R. 4437. To paraphrase an old Ford commercial. border security is job one for America. Safeguarding the integrity of our borders is an important component of both economic and national security. H.R. 4437. the Border Protection. Antiterterrorism. and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. represents an important step towards the completion of this job. H.R. 4437 modernizes and improves our border security operations. allows the Department of Homeland Security to utilize the Department of Defense surveillance assets to monitor activities around the border. It establishes physical barriers to crossing. and it calls for the utilization of new technology. such as unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs. to ensure that we have 100 percent coverage of the areas in question. And in order to monitor those coming across at legal check points. it authorizes 100.000 new. fulltime portofentry inspectors as well as the training of 1.500 additional K9 units over the next 5 years. This will go a long way towards making sure that people who are not supposed to be here. whether they be undocumented aliens or terrorists or both. do not get here. The border is a dangerous place. It is a dangerous place to us as a country. as it can be an open door to those wishing to do us harm.
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