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Questions - USA - How Easy Would It Be For Terrorists To Enter ?
Borders Wide Open
Hartford,Conn,USA -Hartford Courant, y SCOTT BATES: is the former senior policy adviser of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee and a former Democratic Secretary of State of Virginia. He is now vice president of the Center for National Policy in Washington, a think tank -Apr 2, 2006: -- In the spring of 2004, I was part of a team that studied our southern border for the House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee. What we found was profoundly disturbing... Our borders are effectively wide open - although they are the last line of defense against the terrorists of al-Qaida... First, we should double the number of Customs inspectors and Border Patrol agents on America's southern border... Second, we should enhance databases and merge terrorist watch lists... Third, we would deploy technology in the form of cameras, sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles to ensure 24/7 monitoring of the southern border... A passionate and important debate is raging on what to do about 10 million illegal immigrants who live in the United States. It is important for all sides to agree that stronger border controls are required now. We cannot pretend that our homeland is secure if our border is not...
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