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Border Emergencies and Amnesty
by William Norman Grigg
September 15, 2005

On August 12, New Mexico's Democratic Governor Bill Richardson, describing the situation on his state’s border with Mexico as "chaotic,' declared a state of emergency. Three days later, Arizona's Democratic Governor, Janet Napolitano, did likewise. Both declarations prompted outrage from the Mexican government.

Mexico’s theatrical indignation notwithstanding, other governors â€â€