Media ignoring influx of Illegals from Islamic terrorist-linked states

Statement from United States Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, from TexasGOPVote.com, "Senator Cornyn Addresses the Annual Border Issues Conference" March 19:

As horrific as the [drug cartel] violence is, sometimes the media misses a few of the other major stories along our southwest border. One of those stories involves illegal immigrants from countries very far from Mexico. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, more than 59,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended in the first 9 months of 2010 who were listed as “other than mexican.” Those include 663 individuals from “special interest countries”—such as Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, as well as the four nations currently on the list of “state sponsors of terrorism,” which are Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Sudan.

See related LR story, Jan. 27, "Gay-hating Muslim Cleric from Yemen busted on Border hiding in the trunk of a BMW"