More than 250 people in the United States have been charged with crimes tied to international terrorist investigations and have been convicted or have pled guilty because of the USA PATRIOT Act. In response to the events of September 11. 2001. we also passed legislation that created a Director of National Intelligence so that all of our intelligence capabilities would be coordinated by one official. We passed the REAL ID Act which contains several antiterrorism provisions. including one that makes certain foreign nationals deportable because of their ties to terrorism. We must continue to pass legislation that makes it more difficult for terrorists to enter the United States. That means enacting meaningful border security legislation like the bill that the House passed last December. Those who would do us harm. Mr.
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