Cornyn: Make Border a Priority
By: RNS
Updated: March 20, 2009
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee's Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Subcommittee, has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
He asked her to visit the Texas-Mexico border and meet directly with local Border Patrol, FBI, ATF, law enforcement officials and city leaders to address the escalating levels of drug-related violence along the border.
This follows Sen. Cornyn's recent letter to President Barack Obama, also urging him to visit the border and give high priority to the issue of rising border violence.
Sen. Cornyn was in Laredo last month where he met with U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials and received a briefing on issues concerning security along Texas' southern border with Mexico, including the rising drug cartel and gang violence in the region.
