Safety on U.S. side emerges as a key concern here

BY BILL HESS
Wick NEWS SERVICE
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 10:06 PM MDT

There is no need for a new comprehensive immigration reform program, but instead a revision of how existing federal laws are used, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever sad.

He said President Barack Obama’s goal in reforming immigration is similar to other administrations’, which is to grant amnesty.

A Republican, the sheriff said both parties play the immigration card to their political advantage to include Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

He spoke after arriving back in Arizona from a trip to California, where he attended the National Sheriffs’ Association annual conference. Dever said the high level of frustration has politicians looking for solutions to the point “everybody is being sophomoric.â€