Posted on 04/14/2010 8:38:13 AM PDT by Tammy8
BISBEE — “Talk is over, time to act. We demand action.”
The Arizona Cattle Growers Association offered the statement in an 18-point proposal presented to the public and lawmakers Tuesday afternoon in Phoenix. With the recent killing of Cochise County heritage rancher Robert Krentz, possibly by an illegal immigrant, the association has determined that direction is needed to arrive at a reasonable, effective solution.
“I believe this proposal has brought the problem to the forefront. Now, our legislators are asking to meet with us,” a determined association public spokesman Patrick Bray said in an interview. “We may see some quick actions on a few of the points, but we won’t rest until all are accomplished.”
Gov. Jan Brewer met with ranchers late Tuesday to discuss their concerns and she agrees the illegal activity has gone on for too long. “Arizona roads and open spaces have become thoroughfares for illegal alien traffic and smuggling operations — drugs, arms and humans,” she stated in a news release. “Recently, an Arizona rancher in southeastern Cochise County was shot and killed, with evidence suggesting the crime was part of border-related criminal activity. I visited the area, and I’ve seen firsthand what needs to be done.”
Over the past 18 months, members of the cattle association have been compiling information from research and interviews to offer potential solutions to this growing border violence problem.
The plan states, “The U.S./Mexico border in southern Arizona has become a lawless region. Criminals, bandits and an international organized crime unit are operating with impunity in the region … These entities are extremely violent and dangerous and they have now succeeded in creating terror in Southern Arizona as they have in northern Mexico.”
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Sounds like the Cowboys are getting ready to saddle up.
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Read this at the breakfast table, this morning. Folks in these parts are fed up, no doubt about it, and things are going to start happening. I don’t mean the three esses, I mean that political action has begun.
In a state whose claim to fame is the 5 C’s - one of which is Cattle - you don’t piss off the power base. That’s exactly what politicians from Bisbee to Phoenix to Washington D.C. have done.
All of us will benefit from securing our borders.
I can think of some politicians and Union leaders who would disagree.
They’re wrong.
Does this mean that Arizona conservatives are finally going to replace McAmnesty with a real conservative?
Hayworth ought to blast the weakling lib appeaser
Hayworth just challenged McPain to two debates and hopes to have debates in all 15 of Arizona’s counties before the Primary in August.
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