Get Serious About Border Security

I was checking my E-mail after I got home from work last night and found two articles that proves something needs to be done about our immigration policies and border security. The first one (http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/06092005/editoria/46656.htm I'd heard about before. In fact I've seen several other articles about Gregory Despres who made his way "to the Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained by what appeared to be blood." United States customs officials have came up with a bunch of lame excuses for why they couldn't hold him. I haven't heard if any of them thought to ask him what that was on his sweatshirt. If I'm not mistaken possession of brass knuckles is against the law, you can always try to pass them off as a paper weight. The second article (http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050414-115247-2595r.htm also tells about something I had heard about before. Illegal aliens that are facing immigration proceedings are being released by authorities. There is some good news in this article, some Republicans are saying the Bush administration is "not serious" about this issue. Something about the end of the article really bothers me. Known criminals are being released but, "Members of the subcommittees also ended up taking sides on whether the Minutemen patrolling the Arizona border are "vigilantes," as President Bush called them. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, said he agreed with Mr. Bush's characterization, and told Mr. Cerda to let him know what the Department of Homeland Security's policy was on dealing with vigilantes." Known murderers, rapists and child molesters are being released and Mr. Kennedy is concerned about United States citizens that want to secure our borders. I'm thinking maybe Sen. Kennedy has been in D.C. just a little to long and needs to go home for some much needed rest. Please contact your elected officials and urge them to get serious about fixing our failed immigration policies and secure our borders.

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