Pueblo Politics: McCain asks for hearing on border security

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Rhonda Bodfield Arizona Daily Star

Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2011 3:47 pm

U.S. Sen. John McCain is asking his close colleague, Sen. Joe Lieberman, to hold a hearing about border security in his capacity as chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

McCain said he believes the committee must hear from the Secretary of Homeland Security and the commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol about their efforts to secure the border, given federal data showing nearly 50 percent of illegal immigrants enter through Arizona.

But, he added, “it is particularly important to hear from local law enforcement officialsâ€