Feds Must Secure Border from Those 'Who Want to Kill Us'

I'm still calling for complete security at the boarders, especially the southern one. "Homeland Security" is a joke as long as the border is unsecure.

(CNSNews.com) - The federal government must address illegal immigration and border security or risk the wrath of voters in upcoming elections, congressional Republicans told attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., Thursday.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the consequences of ignoring porous U.S. borders cannot be ignored.
"The federal government simply needs to obtain operational security of our federal border by supplying the people and the technology necessary so that we know who is coming into our country and why they are here," Cornyn said. "We know that the vulnerability that our border has had for all these years can easily be exploited, not just by those who want to enter our country in circumvention of our laws, but [also] by people ... who want to literally kill us."
U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) told Cybercast News Service that the initial steps to ending illegal immigration include enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes exploited by illegal aliens and the employers who hire them.
"For all the critics who say, 'Enforcement doesn't work,' my simple question is, 'How would we know?' We've never even tried it," Hayworth argued. "Let's enforce existing law, close the loopholes that have people gaming our system right now, be willing to put our military on the border, [and] be willing to use the great technology we have to bring it to bear, have adequate interior enforcement and, basically, like my book [title] says, 'Whatever It Takes.'"
Cornyn lamented the alleged incursions into the U.S. by Mexican military units accused of providing protection for drug smugglers. He said federal authorities and local law enforcers must work together to deal with such problems.
"We also need to enlist the help of local and state law enforcement and work with them as partners," Cornyn added, "so that they can assist the federal government in what is primarily a federal responsibility, but one in which they are and must be and are necessary partners."
Open border advocates have criticized the construction of fences along the southern U.S. border, but Cornyn said he supports the use of such barriers.
"What I favor is what I would call a 'virtual wall,' Cornyn explained. "Strategic use of barriers, but also adding, actually doubling the number of federal agents along the border -- Border Patrol -- and using the technology that we use now in Afghanistan and Iraq, like sensors, to detect intrusions and unmanned aerial vehicles to survey the border region so that the Border Patrol, given adequate boots on the ground and given the technology, can identify people coming into our country illegally and make sure that our borders are protected."
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