Every govenor of a border state should be outraged at this game of political chicken the Congress critters are playing with their states.
Perhaps they should start using federal highway funds to build a fence in their own state.
Or perhaps all of that Big Tobacco settlement money.
Build it themselves...hire state police to enforce the border and ten dare the Feds to try and do something about it.
It is no longer just the border states. The problem has metastasized throughout the country, which is why grassroots organizations are springing up all over the country, e.g. Hazelton, PA, Herndon and Manassas VA, Oklahoma, etc. The states and local communities are bearing the brunt of the costs and impact as they see their schools, hospitals, law enforcement, and social welfare services decline and costs increase. One of the reasons that this bill achieved such a frantic sense of urgency by its supporters was to head-off and undermine local and state legislation to deal with this invasion. If the federal government is unwilling to enforce our borders and bring this problem under control, the people will. It is why only 26% of the people supported this bill.
My understanding was that the governors of California and Arizona were for the CIR bill the Senate just voted down. That leaves just New Mexico (Bill Ricardo-son, Dem Clintonista) and Texas.
The Fence bill was signed into law 9 months ago this coming Friday.