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Kansas Liberty: 17 March 2009
Rep. Todd Tiahrt: 'The Democrat majority should be held accountable.' Topeka lawmakers could step in.
Obama order blocks citizenship check on high-security facility workers in Manhattan
Contractors who will build the high-security $450 million National National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan will not have to verify that their workers and subcontractors are in the country legally.
Likewise, if the state chooses to use money from the federal stimulus package for highway projects, the citizenship status of those workers will not have to be checked.
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Imagine if a terrorist, whose status here was unchecked, managed to send the plans to a terrorist organization so that security could be breached once the lab was up and running. Or if he or she managed to change something in the design which created an exploitable flaw.
This lab really does not belong in the heart of the livestock industry. The risks are so great. There are many folks of all political stripes here in the Manhattan area who are deeply opposed to it being built here, and who worry about an outbreak from this lab. It is hubris, pure and simple, to think that this will be the one lab on the planet where there will never be an accidental release. And to make it even more vulnerable by allowing illegal aliens to be part of the construction staff is reckless.
I guess I disagree with Kathleen Sebelius, Janet Napolitano, and our own Senators Brownback and Roberts, and deeply believe that this lab, while very necessary, should stay on Plum Island, away from livestock. Let's spend the money improving that facility, and keep our Kansas livestock safe.
Mary Alice in Wamego