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Recently one of our retired border agents wrote the governor about this problem. This is the bland response he got.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me about Arizona’s
immigration law. I always appreciate hearing from fellow Californians
about the issues that are important to them.

As an immigrant, I can identify with the desire to come to this
country. The United States - a nation of immigrants and a nation of
laws - is the most generous nation in the world, but our generosity
cannot come at the expense of the American people or the security of
our international borders. The federal government’s failure to pass
comprehensive immigration reform is a reality we live with everyday in
our schools, workplaces and hospitals. We need federal action that
secures our border, protects taxpayers and creates a forward-looking
policy to meet the labor needs of our economy.

It is encouraging that President Obama is committed to providing more
resources to secure the border, and I look forward to seeing the final
proposal. Previous federal programs to provide additional resources
to the southwest border states have been successful, and I’ve been
lobbying the federal government to restore the funding needed to
provide more security along our border. We must find a permanent
solution to our broken immigration system, and I will continue to call
on the federal government to take action on comprehensive immigration
reform. Our borders must be secured, and our businesses must have the
employees they need but have been unable to find in our existing
workforce.

Thank you again for adding your voice to this important issue. I
appreciate your input and will keep your thoughts in mind.

Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger