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    New Bush anti-terror chief to visit Arizona border

    New Bush anti-terror chief to visit Arizona border
    Mike Sunnucks
    The Business Journal
    New federal Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will be in Arizona on Thursday touring the Mexican border and meeting with top state officials.

    Chertoff, who took over as homeland security czar for Tom Ridge earlier this year, will be in Douglas to tour border areas and talk about security.

    Chertoff will meet with Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano and Republican U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl during his Arizona visit.

    Border security and illegal immigration continues to be a major concern for the state. Arizona is a prime crossing point for illegal immigrants entering the U.S. Those migrants often take low-paying, hard-to-fill service and farming jobs.

    But some of those illegals are also straining hospital emergency rooms, state prisons and social service programs. There are also worries that terrorist groups might try to enter the U.S. via the Arizona-Mexico border for a domestic attack.

    There are several immigration reform and business-backed guest worker programs afoot in Congress, including from McCain and Arizona U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake and Jim Kolbe.

    Conservatives, such as Kyl and U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth, are pressing for tougher enforcement of existing immigration laws, including against scofflaw employers. They also want more technology and resources put into the porous Arizona/Mexico border.

    Napolitano has been a frequent critic of the Bush administration's handling of border and immigration matters, pressing for more money from the federal government to reimburse states for the cost of housing illegal immigrants in state prisons.

    Chertoff's visit will come on the heels of Karl Rove's Friday visit to the Valley. Rove, who is assistant chief of staff and President Bush's top political aide, was in Phoenix hosting a fund raiser for Kyl.

    Kyl, a top Bush ally in Congress, could face a challenge next year from state Democratic Party chairman and Valley shopping mall developer Jim Pederson.


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    Napolitano has been a frequent critic of the Bush administration's handling of border and immigration matters, pressing for more money from the federal government to reimburse states for the cost of housing illegal immigrants in state prisons.
    From what I have heard, Ms. Napolitano is more a part of the problem than she is a part of the solution.
    http://www.alipac.us Enforce immigration laws!

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    Re: New Bush anti-terror chief to visit Arizona border

    New Bush anti-terror chief to visit Arizona border
    I wonder why.

    Isn't it still right where Tom Ridge left it and as wide open as ever?
    It's like hell vomited and the Bush administration appeared.

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    This wouldnt be a concern if they had secured the borders after 9/11
    I stay current on Americans for Legal Immigration PAC's fight to Secure Our Border and Send Illegals Home via E-mail Alerts (CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP)

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