Speech #1090155277

Increasingly we are seeing AK47s. rocketpropelled grenades associated with those in the drug traffic. And increasingly our border sheriffs are concerned about what contact and what connection the drug lords may have with the terrorists. We hear from our Border Patrol that attacks on agents are up. We have our border sheriffs in Texas tell us that they believe. they believe that some of the drug shipments across the border have come with military escorts. Increasingly we know that we are being infiltrated by the MS13 gangs from Central America. Again. Mr. Speaker. we ignore border security at our own peril. And perhaps most importantly. I am not sure if all of the American people know this. but Iraqis have been captured trying to infiltrate our southern border. And we know. we know from the Department of Homeland Security. that alQaeda has made contact with human smugglers in Mexico. We ignore border security at our own peril. But besides being a threat to our homeland security. unbridled illegal entry into the U.S. is not just a threat to our border security. it is a threat to our economic security as well. Coming from Texas. Mr.