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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 26, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 3, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 26-183; RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 26, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 26-183, to read:
26-183. National guard border control; mobilization; activities
A. THE GOVERNOR MAY MOBILIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THIS STATE TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO CONTROL OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THIS STATE.
B. ON MOBILIZATION, THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THIS STATE MAY ENTER INTO MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO BORDER CONTROL ACTIVITIES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE BORDER PATROL OPERATING IN THIS STATE.
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From "The Business Journal" Arizona Edition, Wed. Jan. 22, 2003.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/46leg/1r/bills/hb2317p.htm
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Arizona leaders urge military border presence
Mike Sunnucks The Business Journal
A group of Arizona Republican state lawmakers wants the U.S. military to help patrol the Mexican border.
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GOP legislators have introduced a resolution in the Arizona House of Representatives calling for the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration to allow greater military involvement in securing the southwestern border.
The resolution is sponsored by eight Republicans, including State Reps. Randy Graf, Andy Biggs, Mark Thompson, Russell Pearce and House Majority Leader Eddie Farnsworth.
With security tightened in California and Texas since the 2001 terrorist strikes, Arizona's rural border region has become a major entry point for illegal immigrants. The influx is straining local communities forced to cope with increased crime and drug trafficking and swamped hospital emergency rooms.
Federal law mandates hospitals provide emergency care to illegal immigrants, who are in many cases indigent.
If passed the resolution's recommendations would be forwarded to Congressional leaders and the state's delegation on Capitol Hill.
The resolution is one of several actions being considered by the State Legislature to better control and regulate immigration.
At the federal level, Congress will consider a guest worker program for Mexicans working in the U.S. Congressman Jeff Flake has a proposal on the table and U.S. Sen. John McCain is also interested in the idea.