BORDER SECURITY AND SYRIAN REFUGEES; Congressional Record Vol. 161, No. 174

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BORDER SECURITY AND SYRIAN REFUGEES

(Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I share the concerns of the

majority of Americans regarding allowing Syrian refugees into this

country. Most important, I am worried that a terrorist could slip

through, just like one of the terrorists involved in Paris.

But we also can't lose sight of another vulnerability, a geographical

vulnerability, our southern border, because our border is not secure.

This President refuses to secure it.

Yesterday, I spoke with the director of the Texas Department of

Public Safety, Steve McCraw, and he made it very clear that we are

seeing another surge at the border. We are seeing folks from Syria come

across. This is troubling and wrong.

The President must secure our border and protect our national

security. If he refuses, we in this Congress must stop him by any means

possible.

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