OPINION_ Rep. Ralph Norman: Border security is a fight we must not lose

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Rep. Ralph Norman: Border security is a fight we must not lose

by Rep. Ralph Norman | January 14, 2019 12:00 AM


Let me be clear: Like most of you, I support legal, lawful immigration. We value those who seek our nation in pursuit of their dreams. Separately, we want to protect others who have nowhere else to turn in the face of persecution.

While most immigrants obviously come to the United States with goodwill, the crime and drug statistics related to illegal immigration are staggering. Human trafficking has risen dramatically in recent years. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of deadly narcotics are seized on the border each year by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 300,000 illegal immigrants in the last two years, including:

* More than 3,900 on murder charges;

* More than 27,000 on sex-related crimes, including rape;

* More than 99,000 on assault charges; and

* More than 161,000 on criminal traffic charges such as DUI.


We have a right to know who comes into our nation from the outside and an obligation to ensure those individuals are here lawfully and do not pose a risk. That process begins by asserting control over our own border.

Opponents claim, “Walls and barriers don’t work.” That is an illogical argument and is immediately debunked by simply looking at apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the southern border where fencing and walls have already been constructed:

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