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New Mexico governor declares border emergency to free up funds
Associated Press ^ | Aug 12, 2005 | Associated Press via KVOA

Posted on 08/12/2005 4:06:05 PM PDT by general_re

Gov. Bill Richardson on Friday declared an emergency in four New Mexico counties along the border, an action that lets him free up money to be spent on everything from fighting drug smuggling to fencing a livestock yard.

The executive order, issued after Richardson toured the area around Columbus, makes $750,000 immediately available to Dona Ana, Luna, Grant and Hidalgo counties. He pledged an additional $1 million.

The money will aid state and area law enforcement efforts, fund a field office for the state Office of Homeland Security and help build a fence to protect a Columbus-area livestock yard where a number of cattle have been killed or stolen.

Richardson's declaration said law enforcement officials have used all available resources to help with border security. But those efforts haven't alleviated the situation, which he said "constitutes an emergency condition with potentially catastrophic consequences."

"Recent developments have convinced me this action is necessary _ including violence directed at law enforcement, damage to property and livestock, increased evidence of drug smuggling and an increase in the number of undocumented immigrants," he said.

He also ordered the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to work with the state Livestock Board to assess the safety of livestock in the region.

The funds include nearly $50,000 for an 11-foot, razor wire-topped security fence around the stockyards. It will replace a shorter, barbed-wire fence that Richardson said "is so full of holes and gaps that trucks and people can cross with no control."

The new fence will help prevent cattle from Mexico straying across the border, officials said.

"We don't want contagious diseases to contaminate our food supply and disrupt our agricultural economy," Richardson said in a statement before his trip.

Daniel Manzanares, executive director of the Livestock Board, said at least 100 cattle from Mexico have been found in the area. The agency hasn't traced any outbreaks of disease to Mexican cattle, but Manzanares said he suspects some have carried bovine tuberculosis into New Mexico.

The current state of the stockyard fence means people have been able to illegally enter the country as well.

"We definitely have concerns about biosecurity and agroterrorism," said Tim Manning, New Mexico's homeland security adviser.


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1 posted on 08/12/2005 4:06:05 PM PDT by general_re
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To: general_re

This is one issue where yelling about it can help because it may actually inspire both parties to try to outdo each other in being toughest on illegal immigration. That will take some time, but it can happen if it's perceived as an issue people are worried about, and are willing to toss votes to whichever party does the best job.


2 posted on 08/12/2005 4:09:18 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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To: general_re

BTTT!


3 posted on 08/12/2005 4:12:17 PM PDT by houeto
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To: general_re

How does a $50,000 fence, designed to protect someones private property, going to keep people from getting across.?

50K don't build THAT much 11 foot razerwire topped fence.


4 posted on 08/12/2005 4:13:11 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Dr.Hilarious

Dems are in bed with illegals.

Check out the votes on increasing border agents in the u.s senate and increasing detainee beds almost all dems voted against it.

Dems in the senate voted for amnesty for illegal farm workers republicans voted against it.

The dem governor of arizona is working against the citizens of the state by vetoing inititives passed by the voters.


5 posted on 08/12/2005 4:14:04 PM PDT by johnmecainrino
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To: general_re
Just a moment ago, NM governor Bill Richardson announced he has declared a state of emergency on the New Mexico border due the out of control border situation and no help from the U.S. government.

Right ON!   It's about time this was done. I should hope he'll call out the National Guard on the border as well. It's about time this invasion was put to an end and it's obvious that the people in Washington have sold us out long ago.

6 posted on 08/12/2005 4:14:05 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: johnmecainrino

Good points. Which means this is an area the GOP can score if they get their act together and do what's right. Yet I fear they are too eager to win over some Hispanic votes.


7 posted on 08/12/2005 4:15:17 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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To: digger48

They will pay for it with the new school zone camera program being instituted in Albuquerque shortly.


8 posted on 08/12/2005 4:15:43 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: gubamyster

ping


9 posted on 08/12/2005 4:16:06 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...

ping


10 posted on 08/12/2005 4:16:22 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: johnmecainrino

Dems are in bed with illegals.
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Of course they are. They are ALWAYS in bed with any downside fringe group that will vote for them.

The problem is the Repubs ARE DOING NOTHING to materially stop the problem and close the borders --- just voting on some issue DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.


11 posted on 08/12/2005 4:16:47 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Dr.Hilarious

A lot are stepping up the plate.

Kilgore the va governor candidate is good on this issue, so is tancredo, sensennbrenner, duncan hunter, delay just made some good comments.

Our nominee in 08 will be tough on illegals the party will demand it.


12 posted on 08/12/2005 4:16:52 PM PDT by johnmecainrino
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To: Happy2BMe

Ping list?


13 posted on 08/12/2005 4:17:20 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Islam is a religion of peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.)
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To: gubamyster

Any chance there is a yearly allotment of 12 billion to pay for our illegals in California?


14 posted on 08/12/2005 4:18:04 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: general_re
ADMIN:

I hope you have a very valid reason for deleting the previous post on this subject.

15 posted on 08/12/2005 4:18:45 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: EagleUSA

Duncan Hunter the rep from southern california is trying to extend the small fence now and fortify it for the whole southern california border.

The dem rep in the adjacent district is using the enviornmental argument against the fence.


16 posted on 08/12/2005 4:19:19 PM PDT by johnmecainrino
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To: general_re

Makes perfect sense that he'd only declare an emergency if it let him get his hands on money.


17 posted on 08/12/2005 4:21:49 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: general_re
"We definitely have concerns about biosecurity and agroterrorism," said Tim Manning, New Mexico's homeland security adviser.

Sure you are.

18 posted on 08/12/2005 4:22:01 PM PDT by swampfox98 (How American became a nation of traitors: Greed, corrupt politicians and religious leaders.)
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To: Dr.Hilarious
Yet I fear they are too eager to win over some Hispanic votes.

Which is pretty stupid of them, when you consider that many Hispanic Americans are just as angry (if not angrier) about illegal immigration as us gringos. I would be mad, too, if I had waited in line, and for years to get citizenship, ect., while these punks sneak across the border and have my hard-earned tax dollars practically thrown in their laps.

19 posted on 08/12/2005 4:22:17 PM PDT by exnavychick (Whom the gods would destroy they first make chads.)
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To: A CA Guy
Any chance there is a yearly allotment of 12 billion to pay for our illegals in California?

It doesn't make me feel any better if I'm paying for illegals from my right pocket or from my left pocket. I don't want to pay from either pocket.

20 posted on 08/12/2005 4:23:09 PM PDT by gubamyster
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