Comments Regarding Federal Border Security Efforts

July 19 2010, PHOENIX – “Part of my rationale for signing S.B. 1070 was to get the federal government to do its job and secure the border. Despite the mantra by the Obama administration that the border is “as secure as ever,” in Arizona both Republicans and Democrats recognize they have failed. Their failure to date is borne out by today’s announcement of more federal resources. While the announcement of more resources is welcomed, it does not appear to be enough, or tied to a strategy to comprehensively defeat the increasingly violent drug and alien smuggling cartels that operate in Arizona on a daily basis. We need the implementation of a federal plan to achieve victory over these brutal cartels and the porous nature of our open border.”

http://azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/PR_071910_StatementGovBrewer.pdf


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