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Governor Considers Declaring Border Emergency Arizona, New Mexico Issue Declaration POSTED: 1:52 pm PDT August 17, 2005 UPDATED: 2:23 pm PDT August 17, 2005 SAN DIEGO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he would consider joining his counterparts in Arizona and New Mexico in declaring a state of emergency to strengthen law enforcement along the border with Mexico."We're talking about that right now," Schwarzenegger told a local radio station. "If we see a need for that, we definitely will do the same thing."New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued an emergency declaration on Friday to free up $1.75 million in funding...

America is the land of opportunity, not the land of welfare, but apparently, when the lady in the harbor says bring me your tired, your poor and your huddled masses, some seem to think that there is an open door. They seem to forget that entry to this nation is by invitation only. Forgotten are those with malicious intent for the benefit of those seeking short-cuts.

Democratic hopefuls for 2008 are sensing how vulnerable President Bush is on border control. The latest sign: New Mexico's politically shrewd governor, Bill Richardson, has made a partial about-face on the issue -- at least in words -- and is throwing money and attention at his state's southern border. If he makes a national comeback from the Energy Department security scandals that all but ruined his reputation in the final years of the Clinton administration, it will owe in part to a seeming shift on border control that mirrors the one that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton made in December and...