Securing Our Borders Is Still The Highest Priority For Me

(CNN) -- Seven members of the Mexican military were found inside the United States on Friday, telling border agents they had become disoriented while on patrol and accidentally crossed into the country, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said.

"This is not an uncommon occurrence," Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado, told CNN. "Often times, it is the result of the Mexican military providing cover essentially for drug transportation across into our country, and/or creating a diversion so it will draw our people away from the place where the drugs are coming across."

In August, the Border Patrol said Mexican troops had crossed the border illegally 42 times since October 2007.

Tancredo said the U.S. State Department lodged a complaint with the Mexican government for the first time over the military incursions a few weeks ago. Attempts by CNN to contact the State Department and the Mexican government Friday were unsuccessful.

These excerpts from a CNN article today concern me greatly. If you can ACCIDENTALLY cross our border and enter our country, then our national security and our sovereignty as a nation remain in jeopardy.

In this time of global conflict, shoring up our porous borders should be among the highest priorities. This is dangerous, reckless, and poor leadership. Equally concerning to me, is the fact that neither one of the presidential candidates will take this issue seriously or do anything to shore up the fence, despite the American public speaking so loudly about it. When we leave Iraq prematurely and take the pressure off, they will surely bring the fight to us. I promise you, they will use our open borders to enter our country and afflict great harm on our own soil. It's not a question of "if," It's a question of "when?"