Nick Lampson Quotes

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

Border security is a safety issue.

Border security and homeland security are one and the same.

Homeland security is a joke if we don’t have border security.

We do need to strengthen our security at the border.

I think we need the make sure our border is secure, not just from a standpoint of strategic fencing or border slats, whatever you want to call it, but we need to make sure that once and for all, we secure our border to make sure our communities are safe.

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.

Let's make the haystack smaller. Let's say for a while, until we can figure out who's coming, who's going, and who's overstayed their visa, let's have extra scrutiny and figure out what's going on, because there's a whole segment of the world that is intent on sending people here to attack us.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.

I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.

“Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"

Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours?

Yes, there should be tough border security. Yes, there should be foolproof ID cards, with biometrics, for Social Security and employment purposes.

We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border.

The president has promised greater border security. We can agree to that. A literal wall might not be the most effective means to that end, but we can provide the resources necessary to secure the border with smart and affordable measures.