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Lawmakers Demand Administration Deploy National Guard, Border Patrol After Killing

March 30, 2010
FOXNews.com

Lawmakers from Arizona and New Mexico are ratcheting up their demands that the Obama administration deploy hundreds of National Guard troops and Border Patrol agents to the Mexican border after the killing of a prominent southeast Arizona rancher.



Lawmakers from Arizona and New Mexico are ratcheting up their demands that the Obama administration deploy hundreds of National Guard troops and Border Patrol agents to the Mexican border after the killing of a prominent southeast Arizona rancher.

Local police say Robert Krentz, 58, whose body was found slumped over his ATV on his ranch Saturday, was probably shot to death by an illegal immigrant. Footprints from the scene of the crime led back across the Mexican border.

In the wake of the shooting, state and federal lawmakers have called on the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon to revive stalled plans to beef up border security and protect the people who live near notorious drug-running routes.

"The federal government must do all it can within its power to curb this violence and protect its citizens from criminals coming across the border from Mexico," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

McCain called on the administration to "immediately" reconsider sending National Guard troops to the border. "We must make the security of our borders one of our top national security priorities," he said.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer also renewed her calls for additional National Guard troops, calling the Krentz killing a "horrible and unnecessary tragedy."

That demand came on top of a request from three members of New Mexico's congressional delegation for more Border Patrol agents in the Boot Heel of the state, and a tough call from former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo for the National Guard to be sent in.

Tancredo, in a statement through his Rocky Mountain Foundation, said the National Guard should be sent in to aid the Border Patrol. He decried the Obama administration for not completing border fencing along the area near where Krentz was killed, and he said Napolitano's claim that the border is secure is a "lie."

"The residents here know better," Tancredo said.

Krentz's family has been ranching in southern Arizona since 1907, and Robert was known for his generosity -- bringing water to illegal immigrants and helping those who were injured while trying to cross the desert.

The family, though, had repeatedly expressed their concern to authorities that illegal immigrants were damaging their property and disturbing, even killing, their livestock.

Robert's wife Susan wrote to Congress in 2007 saying their ranch had suffered $6.2 million in damage "because of illegal foot traffic."

"We are in fear for our lives and safety and health of ourselves and that of our families and friends," she wrote.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., also said in a written statement Sunday that "all options should be on the table" after the shooting, including the possibility of sending more Border Patrol agents and deploying the National Guard.

The Obama administration last summer had been considering a plan to send up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to the southern border to help with the counter-drug effort, but that was stalled over disagreements about funding and other issues.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03 ... l-killing/

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http://www.alipac.us/article5074.html

Here is McCain pushing for amnesty as a solution in many instances. But apparently the political winds are blowing against him, so he is jumping on a new bandwagong. How can anyone trust him after this obvious flip-flop?

Absolutely NOTHING about this tragedy in the NY media.

Just think folks, If the American People had been paying attention instead of letting the lamestream media including "Faux News" do their thinking for them during the 2008 Presidential election, we could have had Tom Tancredo as our President right now instead of what's in that office as we speak.

Tom Tancredo doesn't go whichever way the political winds blow on this issue. He doesn't just "talk the talk" he has been "walking the walk" for a long time now. On the other hand, the Hanoi songbird (Juan McAmnesty) will say whatever it takes at any given time to get himself out of the political trouble he finds himself in right now.

I hope J.D. Hayworth and the People of Arizona will give this little skunk his walking papers this August. I know that Mr. Hayworth can count on some more financial help from me and I don't live anywhere NEAR Arizona. It is very very very important that we see John McCain defeated this year.

He will get a contribution from me a little later on, today I made another one to ALIPAC .....that one is very very very important as well. We must keep ALIPAC afloat especially at this moment in history. C'mon folks, let's get behind our organization here. Let's ALL try to do something if we can at all. Enough small donations will make all the difference and will keep us from looking like our movement is weak. The time is critical at this point.

Krentz's family has been ranching in southern Arizona since 1907, and Robert was known for his generosity -- bringing water to illegal immigrants and helping those who were injured while trying to cross the desert.

I hate to say it, but if Mr. Krentz would have been less trusting of illegal aliens he would probably still be alive today. You just never know what the mindset is of an individual who is desperate enough to knowingly break the law.

Originally Posted by MW

Krentz's family has been ranching in southern Arizona since 1907, and Robert was known for his generosity -- bringing water to illegal immigrants and helping those who were injured while trying to cross the desert.

I hate to say it, but if Mr. Krentz would have been less trusting of illegal aliens he would probably still be alive today. You just never know what the mindset is of an individual who is desperate enough to knowingly break the law.

Well, given the letter Mrs. Krentz allegedly wrote to her Congress Critter in 2007, they weren't exactly "trusting of illegal aliens". She supposedly wrote asking for the government to enforce the borders because they were in fear for their lives and property. Mr. Krentz probably just felt overwhelmed by the fact that his government was on the side of the illegal aliens and he knew what he was up against. He probably thought that he and his family would be safer if he tried to "go along to get along" but it didn't work. These third world animals don't have a word for MERCY. He has now joined the thousands of Americans who make up the statistic of those killed by illegal alien invaders who shouldn't be in this country in the first place. That makes the loss of his life and the loss of those countless other American victims 100% preventable if only our so called government had been doing their job instead of selling our country out to their globalist puppet handlers. And it also reinforces the fact by one more soul that ALL open borders politicians have the blood of ALL of these innocent Americans on their hands.

How can Juan McAmnesty and Lindsissy Grahamnesty and especially Jorge Boosh sleep at night?? May there be an especially HOTTT corner of HADES for these slimy traitors.

This article reminds one of this old video, from a McCain Townhall Meeting. I think it's from 2006, before the 1st Amnesty attempt:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1073039/dont_ask_mccain/

A concerned Phoenix resident asked McCain if he knew about statistics on anchor babies, and how these statistics were related to deaths and injuries from the Vietnam War. You would expect a seasoned Senator to give his honest opinion on the issue, and back it up with his line of reasoning, and evidence. Instead, McCain replied that he "Would not dignify that question with an answer". What a cop-out. McCain simply couldn't defend against the issue of Americans being killed by illegal aliens, so he acted like he was above it all, and above his constituents.

It wasn't until after the 2nd Amnesty attempt failed in 2007, when he finally said, "The American people want the border secured first before giving Amnesty".

J D Hayworth for Senate.

DO NOT TRUST MCCAIN. HE IS SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE REELECTED. BUT MCCAIN SUPPORTS AMNESTY. AND MCCAIN DOES NOT WANT TO BUILD THE FENCE. PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA DO NOT VOTE FOR MCCAIN. HE IS A DEMOCRAT.

DO NOT TRUST OBAMA IN THIS ISSUE. HE IS A DEMOCRAT AND DEMOCRATS DO NOT WANT TO BUILD THE FENCE. ALL DEMOCRATS SUPPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS. SO DO NOT TRUST THIS GOVERNMENT. AND DO NOT TRUST MCCAIN. MCCAIN IS ANOTHER DEMOCRAT.