Posted on 06/09/2005 5:14:11 PM PDT by SandRat
PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she wants to see if there is a way to have state and local police take a larger role in dealing with illegal border crossers.
She said federal agencies, by themselves, cannot stop the flow of people across the border, a figure she put at 4,000 a day.
Local cooperation is necessary, she said, "to reduce the number of undocumented immigrants."
The move comes less than a month after Napolitano vetoed legislation that would have permitted - not required - local police to enforce federal immigration law. She said Wednesday she is not backing away from that decision.
Yet Napolitano, in discussing that veto, said she is not convinced of claims by law-enforcement officers that giving them any role in immigration law would undermine their ability ----
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What the GOP needs to do is find some good Republicans from other states and send them to the states that have these border line elected officials in time to set up residence and run against them. If elected to congress or senate they won't have to live in the state they were elected in but only have an address there. But of course, if elected Gov. of any state they would have to live in a big house with a great big lawn.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
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