Open borders create peril for U.S.

Published November 8, 2007 5:00am ET



In poll after poll, most Americans say they want the nation’s borders secured. But a recent Government Accountability Office investigation found that thousands of foreigners are getting past the gatekeepers, joining the estimated 12 million illegals who are already here.

We do not know if one, 100 or 10,000 terrorists are among the illegal immigrants in our midst. And that means we cannot know how many terrorists here are waiting for Osama Bin Laden’s orders to come out of the shadows and kill as many Americans as possible.

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