I thought Senator Tom Coburn's remarks in this interview sounded good until he got to the most important part.

http://www.claremoreprogress.com/archive/article24766

BORDER SECURITY

Back on the homefront, the Senator assured audience members that illegal immigration and shoring up the nation’s border security whether with Mexico or through the ports is a priority.

East Coast Ports: Coburn said last week, he joined two other Democrats in asking the President to take another 45 days to investigate the United Arab Emirates’ purchase of six U.S. ports on the East Coast, including: New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.

Coburn’s Web site www.coburn.senate.gov states that ports have long been considered the most vulnerable targets for a terrorist attack and experts agree that shipping containers are the best way to smuggle a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) in to the United States.

“Only 5 percent of containers entering our ports are actually inspected,” Coburn said.

“It just make sense to take time out ... to assure us there is no risk.”

President Bush told the Associated Press Wednesday he will veto any attempt to thwart the pending $6.8 billion Port sale.

Mexico border: Coburn, like Congressman Boren, signed on to border security legislation in November that calls for the construction of a fence in Arizona.

That’s just the beginning. Coburn said to expect more comprehensive legislation when they return to session — legislation that will probably call for more fences and steps to halt the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States via the Mexico border.

“We are going to have more funds and political will to control the borders,” Coburn said. He said middle income families are lagging behind economically due in part to influx of illegal labor.

But Coburn cautioned that as the flow of illegal workers slows, the economy will “see some jerks and movements.”

“If there are not enough workers, we will have to address it,” Coburn said.

“We’ve already started to speed the exit of people (illegal immigrants) other than those from Mexico.” Coburn said of the 6 percent of illegal immigrants crossing the border, 94 percent are other than Mexican.

During the forum’s question-answer session Claremore businessman Frank Robson volunteered a personal encounter along the border lending first-hand creedence to the Senator’s statements.

“We were hunting about 60 miles west of the (Mexico) border ... when out of the bush came these people,”

Robson said one of his hunting partners attempted to speak to them in Spanish, but they did not understand.

“They were Romanians. Three men, two women and one old woman” on their way to New York.

“They had no idea where they were,” Robson said.

Coburn believes incidents such as the one Robson witnessed can be stopped by securing the borders, strictly enforcing immigration laws and removing incentives to illegal immigration.

Census figures estimate there are between 8-12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. A fact Coburn said cannot be tolerated. “Illegal immigration undermines the rule of law, displaces American workers, causes wage depression for American workers and may allow terrorists to enter the country.”

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This clown is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. First off the word comprehensive when it concerns immigration is a code word for amnesty. Then he babbles on about a potential worker shortage. Hogwash. There isn't now nor will there be a worker shortage. Why don't these empty suits and skirts have the will power to crack down on the biggest reason why we have an illegal alien problem and that would be the criminals who run these businesses and corporations that hire the illegals at slave wages? Crack down on the businesses that hire the illegals, make them comply with employment laws, dry up the job magnet and 90 percent of the illegal alien problem will go away because the illegals will in turn self deport themselves when they realize they can't get a job here to support themselves and their families. Take away the job magnet and you won't have thousands of illegals flooding across our borders on a daily basis and maybe then you won't have thousands dieing in the desert each year.

Stop speaking with a forked tongue Senator. Our national security is not negotiatable. It is not up for debate. Our national security is much more important then the mass profit of a few corrupt corporations and it most certainly is much more important than the campaign contributions you receive from these same corporations. Call on Jorge Bush to enforce our current existing laws now or impeach him or yourself for all I care. We don't need any more new laws and we certainly don't need anymore criminal guestworkers flooding an already overbloated labor market and we most certainly don't need to give yet another amnesty under a different name to another batch of foreign criminals.