HOUSE
PASSES
BORDER
WALL
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a
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photo
of
the
border
wall
proposed
by
Congressman
King,
please
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WASHINGTON
-
U.S.
Congressman
Steve
King
(IA-05)
today
released
the
following
statement
regarding
legislation
the
U.S.
House
passed
today
by a
vote
of
281
to
138,
that
would
erect
700-miles
of
border
barriers
along
the
southern
U.S.
border:
"Five
years
after
9/11,
we
cannot
continue
to
allow
our
borders
to
remain
wide
open.
It's
a
dangerous
gamble
with
our
national
security,
and
it
is a
gamble
with
our
future
economic
security.
"The
President,
Republicans
and
Democrats
have
all
recognized
that
this
country
can't
control
the
border
without
physical
barriers.
I
have
sat
in
the
dark
on
the
Arizona
border
and
listened
as
dozens
of
illegals
walked
around
me
into
America.
Many
are
smuggling
illegal
drugs.
Ninety
percent
of
the
illegal
drugs
used
in
the
U.S.
cross
our
border
with
Mexico.
If
we
stop
illegal
traffic
at
the
border,
we
stop
illegal
drugs,
too.
"After
months
of
immigration
reform
field
hearings
across
the
nation,
one
thing
remained
clear.
Americans
will
not
stand
for
our
porous
borders
anymore
-
they
want
it
secured.
As a
sovereign
nation,
we
should
know
who
is
coming
into
our
country.
"One
year
ago,
at
the
Secure
America's
Future
rallies
in
Iowa,
I
stood
with
Iowans
and
called
for
a
physical
barrier
along
our
southern
border.
Building
a
border
wall
and
fence
is a
giant
step
in
our
overall
immigration
reform
efforts,
and
it
is
crucial
to
force
all
traffic
to
the
legal
ports
of
entry
to
reclaim
control
of
the
entire
border."
In
July,
House
leadership
asked
King
to
demonstrate
his
wall
design
to
the
Homeland
Security
and
Government
Reform
committee
hearing
on
border
barriers.
King,
a
contractor
by
trade,
designed
a
twelve-foot
high
concrete
border
wall
to
be
difficult
to
tunnel
under
or
scale,
to
reinforce
the
southern
border.
King
serves
on
the
House
Judiciary
Committee,
Immigration
Subcommittee
and
the
House
Immigration
Reform
Caucus.
He
has
long
called
for
a
common-sense
immigration
reform
policy
that
returns
jobs
back
to
American
workers
by
shutting
off
the
jobs
magnet
and
ending
birthright
citizenship,
along
with
building
barriers
along
the
border
to
direct
all
traffic
through
the
legal
ports
of
entry.
In
August
2005,
King
brought
in
immigration
reform
experts
to
hold
forums
on
border
security
and
immigration
reform
across
western
Iowa.
