Complete the Fence Now

A message from Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) - 

Here’s the website - http://www.completethefencenow.com

This about more than illegal immigration:

TERRORISM:

The Office of National Drug Control Policy released an unclassified counternarcotics strategy for the southwest border in 2007, stating: “Since the events of September 11, 2001, the Southwest Border has assumed even greater significance. The threat of terrorism looms large wherever criminals regularly exploit gaps in homeland security. Terrorists could conceivably attempt to enter the United States or smuggle weapons of mass destruction (WMD) across the Southwest Border by utilizing routes and methods established by drug and alien smugglers.”

DRUG SMUGGLING:

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 65% of the cocaine smuggled into the U.S. comes through across the Mexican border. DEA also reports that large amounts of heroin, crystal meth and marijuana are routinely smuggled at the southern border.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING:

The U.S. State Department estimates “about 17,000 people are being “trafficked” from Mexico into the United States each year. That number includes migrant workers, and women and children brought into the United States for purposes of commercial and sexual exploitation.”

DRUG VIOLENCE AT THE BORDER:

More than 2,500 people were killed in drug violence in Mexico last year and more than 300 have died so far this year as cartels smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana fight each other for control of routes to the United States. -Rueters “Five killed in Mexico border city amid drug war” 3/5/2008

Since the beginning of the year, Juárez has suffered an onslaught of killings – 72 as of Wednesday – most of them tied to organized crime. They are the result of a bloody fight for control of drug distribution routes to U.S. cities, including Dallas. And U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials say the worst is yet to come…The surge in violence is generating much concern across the border in El Paso – worries buttressed by a recent El Paso Times/News Channel 9 poll that showed 64 percent of El Paso residents fear that Juárez violence is spilling into the U.S. -Dallas Morning News “Many worried Ju�rez’s bloody drug war spilling into U.S.” 2/28/08

Contact your Senators and let them know you want the border fence completed NOW!