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AZ Sheriffs Dever & Babeu - 'Plug the Hole' in the Border
Aug-05-2010
"As the oil gushed out of the broken pipe in the bottom of the gulf, the public was outraged and all hands were on deck to "plug the hole." Why is it, then, that a similar flood, with national security implications, is met with such inaction by the federal government?
The breached safeguard in this case is the country's southern border, and law enforcement officers, like the Arizona sheriffs, work tirelessly to secure it from criminal activity, including illegally entering the country.
About half of all illegal immigrants come through Arizona. The porous border has drained our resources and harmed our citizens. Every day Arizona sheriffs and deputies fight against the destruction and crime that result from illegal border crossings, but we have received harsh words of criticism and little help from the federal government in response. Instead of supporting our efforts to enforce the laws that they don't, our own Justice Department sued us.
Those in Washington forget or ignore what's really happening on the ground, the danger Arizona sheriffs and their deputies face to protect their communities. Also ignored is the fact that our counties in Arizona are like the broken oil pipe, the gateway to a sea current that carries this problem to all corners of the country."
It is incredible that the Obama administration condemns Arizona Senate Bill 1070, another tool our law enforcement officers can use to combat the flood, but refuses to help in any meaningful way. They ignore the fact that the best way to stop the problem from creeping across the country is to cap the pipe at its source, i.e. Arizona and other border states.
But instead of trying to seal the border, the federal government is going after its own people to prevent us from doing our job. Even more outrageous is the American Civil Liberties Union stepping into the fray and naming individual sheriffs in its suit.
Moratoriums on offshore drilling? Sure, says the administration. Moratoriums on illegal immigration? Not even considered.
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By Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu
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