This is not a California problem or an Arizona problemit is a national one. Madam Speaker. all of our other efforts to secure our Nations points of entry will be futile if this growing national security problem on our borders is not addressed. Although these tunnels have been principally used to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants. there is nothing preventing their use for the smuggling of chemical. biological. or radiological material. The 9/11 Commission warned against a "failure of imagination". and it takes little to imagine terrorists making use of these holes in our border security. Since 9/11. U.S. border officials have discovered 40 tunnels along American borders.
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