Despite the risks of failing to control our borders, we're still fiddling
Lou Dobbs on the link between border policy and homeland security:
Every homeland security, intelligence, and defense department official acknowledges publicly that the United States will again be hit with another terrorist attack--that it's not a question of if, but when. It's inexcusable for our elected officials and our government to procrastinate further in their responsibilities to protect nearly 300 million Americans. Our border security today is nonexistent: An estimated 3 million illegal aliens will cross our borders this year. No leap of imagination is required to fear that a handful of terrorists could be among such a large group of people.
And yet the Nation's leaders, Democrats and Republicans alike, including the president, dawdle. Why? If you guessed "money and power," you're right:
Economic interests are dominating the discussion of immigration reform. Big business, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and organized labor both seek open borders--business to exploit the cheap labor that is provided by illegal aliens and labor organizations to add to their membership rolls.
How many times will we have to get hit, and how many Americans will have to die, before we finally get serious about securing our borders?