Expressing the sense of the Senate relative to border protection and alien and drug smugglers' methods, routes, and modes of transportation.

1. Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING BORDER SECURITY wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING BORDER SECURITY.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) The illegal alien population has risen from 3,200,000 in 1986 to 10,300,000 in 2004.

   Inserted: (2) In fiscal year 2001, United States Border Patrol agents apprehended almost 1,200,000 persons for illegally entering the United States.

   Inserted: (3) Senate Report 109-083 states, "there are an estimated 11,000,000 illegal aliens in the United States, including more than 400,000 individuals who have absconded, walking away with impunity from Orders of Deportation and Removal".

   Inserted: (4) Between 1,000 and 3,000 special interest aliens from countries with an active terrorist presence enter the United States each year.

   Inserted: (5) Of the 1,200,000 illegal aliens apprehended on the border between the United States and Mexico, 643 were from countries with known terrorism ties, including Syria, Iran, and Libya.

   Inserted: (6) Senate Report 109-083 states, "officials of the Department of Homeland Security have conceded the United States does not have operational control of its borders", including areas along the 1,989 mile southwest border between the United States and Mexico.

   Inserted: (7) The daily attempts to cross the border by thousands of illegal aliens from countries around the globe continue to present a threat to United States national security.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

   Inserted: (1) this Nation cannot thoroughly address the security of the United States without recognizing the reality of terrorists taking advantage of inadequacies in border security along the border between the United States and Mexico;

   Inserted: (2) every effort should be made to increase the technology and efficiency in preventing these individuals from entering the United States across the Mexican border;

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   Inserted: (3) the Mexican Government has an obligation to secure its side of the border between the United States and Mexico; and

   Inserted: (4) the Mexican Government must commit to addressing inadequacies in its own domestic and border security policies, which are contributing to the present dilemma in border security.

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