MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - House committee members concerned about border violence

In the past two weeks, the White House has moved closer to opening the U.S.-Mexico border to long-haul trucks from Mexico

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -15 March 2011: -- Multiple members of a congressional subcommittee voiced serious concerns Tuesday regarding the violent drug wars along the border, even as the White House prepares to open the U.S. border to long haul Mexican trucks...  During Tuesday’s hearing in DC, the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security was scheduled to examine the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to secure the border. Several congressional representatives strongly communicated their concerns about growing violence from Mexico’s drug wars spilling into the United States... 

* U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-MI, subcommittee chairman, noted the rapid changes occurring at the nation’s southern border  "… it does seem to be almost a war zone situation in some areas.”

* Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, said. “Violence is out of control.”

* U.S. Rep. Michael McCall, R-TX, said he was concerned about estimates that the border security program won’t fully be in place until at least 2021. “If I have to go home and tell my constituents that the border won’t be secure until 2026, they’re not going to accept that – and I don’t think they should accept that...”

* U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-TX, worried about American guardsmen and border patrol workers:  “...  whether they are secure enough to work in that environment and be able to protect themselves with proper armaments.”

(Photo from demlab.wordpress: Mexico's war on drugs)