Sensenbrenner, Hunter: Al Qaeda Threat Demands Border Funding

House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner told HUMAN EVENTS it is "incomprehensible" that the Bush Administration is not calling for sufficient resources to secure the border in light of new information that al Qaeda has considered infiltrating the United States through Mexico.

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Deputy Homeland Security Secretary James Loy, a retired admiral who served as commandant of the Coast Guard, made the revelation about al Qaeda in written testimony submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee on February 16.

"Recent information from ongoing investigations, detentions, and emerging threat streams strongly suggests that al Qaeda has considered using the Southwest Border to infiltrate the United States," said Loy. "Several al Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons."