There is the other extreme that says we don't need borders; we need
bridges. That is impractical and unsafe. What we need is a solution to border security so that we know who is
in this country and so that we have an orderly way to move between
countries for someone who is in our country who
wants to come to work or visit the United States and return back in a
legal fashion. The other thing we have to look at in border security that I think is
oftentimes overlooked is the humanitarian crisis with an unsecure
border. There is one of the numbers that stuck with me. There were so
many that we covered when we were down with border security, but this
stuck with me--actually, two numbers. This one is most heartbreaking:
Over a 20-year period, 10,000 people have died crossing the border
unsuccessfully. Ten thousand bodies have been recovered as a result of
crossing the border and not finding their way to a safe place.
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