Posted on 05/06/2010 8:48:58 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles
by Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen
I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Rancher Rob Krentz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those who testified.
The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property . One Rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran bibles.
Another rancher testified that daily drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains.
One man told of two illegal's who came upon his property one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the night it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.
The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the border.
Federal prisons have over 35% illegal's and 20% of Arizona prisons are filled with illegal's. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that have been killed or wounded have been by an illegal.
The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.
The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the border states. We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education cost have been over a billion dollars. The healthcare cost billions of dollars. Our State is broke, $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop.
The border can be secured. We have the technology we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under.
I would give amnesty today to many, but here is the problem, we dare not do this until the Border is secure. It will do no good to forgive them because thousands will come behind them and we will be over run to the point that there will no longer be the United States of America but a North American Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under? How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico, Canada or any of the other Central American or South American countries? We have already lost our language, everything must be printed in Spanish also. We have already lost our history it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our borders.
The leftist media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set up a Nazi Germany. Are you kidding. The ACLU and the leftist courts will do everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when there is probable cause like a traffic stop to determine if they are here legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to show you are a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card, Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a hunting license, etc.. So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street etc. The Socialist who are in power in DC are angry because we dare try and do something and that something the Socialist wants us to do is just let them come. They want the "Transformation" to continue.
Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic. Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.
Respectfully,
Sylvia Allen
Arizona State Senator
How about they try the civilian solution?
It should be obvious to any American that this is the right thing to do.
Border Patrol has set up 60 miles from the border? What’s up with that?
Sylvia for President!
Wow. Her statement actually made me cry.
God bless all of them for taking care of the good folk of AZ
Great letter! I am printing a copy of this off and also sending to liberal socialist retards to hit them in the faces with this.
Ping!
Half the story. There are static BP checkpoints on all three of the major roads that lead from the border to I-10. The Interstate is maybe 45 miles north of the border. The checkpoints are only about 30 miles north of the border.
There is a very pronounced presence of BP vehicles and officers along the border itself. Problem is, there are far more illegals crossing the border than there are officers to stop them.
I’m sorry, my post isn’t complete. The three checkpoints are in Cochise County. There is also one in Santa Cruz county and I don’t know how many in Pima County. The fact is, all of the major roads leading north have checkpoints.
We spent time down near the border in AZ when we were traveling by RV. Little over a year ago. There was no border patrol at the border down south of I-10 or I-8 in AZ.
All the patrols were north of the border and there is no border fence to speak of. We were warned by other travelers not to stay around after dark and most of the camping spots were empty.
I live in Sierra Vista, 15 miles north of the border and 15 miles south of the checkpoint on AZ90.
I have neighbors who are BP officers.
They do have a presence along the border road that parallels the International Boundary. They don’t have enough officers to provide a blanket presence.
The Senator’s statement that they aren’t on the border just is not true. At least, not by my way of defining ‘on the border’. If you can see them crossing into the US, you’re on the border.
The Yuma sector is the poster child of the George Bush, dog, and pony show, he flew into Yuma to announce that he was putting the National Guard on the border, along with that was a massive increase in the number of BP agents stationed in the Yuma Sector, and about 50 miles of fence. While the other areas of the border received little if anything.
Eleven months after that dog and pony show came another, where he beat his chest announcing that he had done his part to secure the border, in return he wanted amnesty, better known as "Comprehensive Immigration Reform."
The upside to that is we no longer have to spend our evenings out on the border.
Thank you.
Anyone else interested in giving her an 'attaboy'?
Here's her email: sallen@azleg.gov
A am astonished how many people do not realize this is going on....
I dunno, but thousands of border acreage in under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department or the Forestry Service and they will not let the BP on their turf unless it is a life-threatening emergency. (I guess an invasion of drug runners and potential terrorists are not considered that much of an emergency.)
No HR number available yet.
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BP Humvies with 50 cal machine guns would help stop the tide (they would have to actually use them a few times, of course).
Predators with night vision and also armed would help stop it too.
And finally, BUILD THE FENCE, with lots of high voltage, high amperage current running through it.
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