Officials Fear Terrorists Could Enter U.S. Through Mexico

The July 19, arrest woman suspected of having ties to al Qaeda at a Southern Texas Airport has increased concern about security at the nation's the Mexican border. ABC News reports: ABC News reports:

Farida Goolam Mohamed, who had an airplane ticket to New York, was stopped when a Border Patrol agent noticed several pages of her South African passport had been removed. Officials also said her clothing was dirty and muddy, suggesting she might have recently crossed the nearby Rio Grande, the river separating Mexico and Texas.

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The 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico is virtually impossible to defend, officials said. And sources tell ABC News there is new intelligence that al Qaeda wants to smuggle terrorists across it.

It's well known that many Central Americans have been illegally coming across the U.S.-Mexican border. Now the U.S. government estimates that a quarter-million illegal aliens — not only from Central America, but also Africa and the Middle East — have been coming across the southern border each year.

It's about time that officials are concerned about the porous border with Mexico. It's a shame the concern is about 12 million illegal aliens too late.