John Sopko Quotes
We do not control our borders. We don’t know who is coming across and we don’t know what is coming across.
John Sopko, General Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee, Future of Terrorism Seminar, World Affairs Council, February 23, 2005
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One of his practices was to organize groups of listeners who would come periodically to Washington to lobby for their current national crisis.
He was referring to the proposal to erect a fence between Mexico and the United States to stop illegal immigration.
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The Governor had sent the Federal Government a bill for $118 million to cover the cost of medical, educational, and other social services for illegal aliens.
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