Thread: States Boost Border Security as Pleas to Washington Go Unmet

Updated March 31, 2010
States Boost Border Security as Pleas to Washington Go Unmet

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Border states are looking to take matters into their own hands, boosting law enforcement to patrol for illegal immigrants while their pleas for federal assistance go unmet in the wake of the killing of a prominent Arizona rancher.

Border states are looking to take matters into their own hands, boosting law enforcement to patrol for illegal immigrants while their pleas for federal assistance go unmet in the wake of the murder of a prominent Arizona rancher.

Local authorities suspect Robert Krentz, found dead on his cattle ranch Saturday night, was killed by an illegal immigrant who fled back across the border into Mexico.

Gov. Jan Brewer told Fox News on Wednesday that after repeatedly calling on the federal government to send in 250 National Guard troops, she hasn't ruled out making the call herself.

"I can, and I haven't ruled that out," she said. Brewer has also offered state law enforcement help to the county where the killing occurred, while the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Department of Corrections are helping to coordinate the search for the suspect, according to her office.

But Brewer stressed that Arizona cannot afford to sustain or maintain the additional National Guard presence. She said border security is a federal responsibility -- and she said the administration simply is not stepping up.

"We've been talking to the federal government in regards to our borders and it just seems that they don't want to participate in any shape, form or manner," she said. "They just don't even respond."

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson also announced Tuesday that he's increasing law enforcement along his state's border with Mexico while the investigation is underway. His office said New Mexico state police and local sheriff's offices have stepped up patrols all along the border -- and that the U.S. Border Patrol has increased its presence as well.

But officials including Brewer, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and several U.S. representatives out of New Mexico have called for a much bigger federal presence on the border -- a combination of National Guard and Border Patrol -- in the aftermath of Krentz's murder.

"The federal government's responsibility is the border. It's a federal responsibility, not a state responsibility," McCain said. "So the federal government should be the ones that pick up the tab for sending the guard to the border."

Matthew Chandler, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, told FoxNews.com in a written statement that the department "will respond directly to the members of Congress" who are making the requests.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, formerly the governor of Arizona, "shares these members' concern about the safety of U.S. border communities and is committed to working with our state, local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement partners to combat threats from violent cartels on both sides of the border," he said.

Napolitano, since taking over Homeland Security, has increased the number of intelligence analysts, special agents and canine teams along the border. But critics say Border Patrol teams are ineffective and that hundreds of miles of fencing are either missing or not high or sturdy enough to keep out illegal immigrants.

The Krentz killing has served as a rallying cry for those who have long called on the federal government to overhaul its approach to the southwestern border. The Krentz family had personally been airing its concerns about illegal immigrants to federal authorities for years.

Though Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just returned from leading a delegation to Mexico City to discuss the offensive against the drug trade and related border violence, the State Department had no comment on the Krentz killing.

The White House could not be reached for comment.

A few days before the murder, Texas Gov. Rick Perry deployed helicopters to the border to patrol and wrote to Napolitano calling for the federal government to do more to stem border violence.

In a letter to Napolitano, Perry asked for the department to use a new drone for surveillance along the Texas-Mexico border -- he complained that the handful of drones currently in operation are split between North Dakota and Arizona.


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But Brewer stressed that Arizona cannot afford to sustain or maintain the additional National Guard presence. She said border security is a federal responsibility -- and she said the administration simply is not stepping up.

This is where the rubber meets the road. Obama can give billions away in corporate welfare but will not secure the border, even after H1N1 pandemic threat, spillover violence and kidnappings, murder...

When is it going to become serious to Obama? Damn! He fiddles, while Reid and Pelosi are still dancing and drinking in celebration of their socialized health care law.

Not to mention the "people who are fleeing the violence" and invading the border cities. Let me tell you, those are not just people, they are relatives and lower ranking members of the cartels. They are rivals and they are moving their operations to America as I type. They are hiding out on our side of the border and bringing every bit of their violent and illegal lifestyles with them. They are hunted by the cartel bosses. Do you really want a family emerged in illegal drug production and trafficking living next to you?

Dixie

Fox said about an hour ago that 30 people, including children crossed to Ft. Hancock to ask for asylum. Apparently the cartels are talking about killing children.

I don't believe everything an asylum seeker says. That's why so many of them, like Obama's aunt get rejected and turn into illegal aliens.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

I don't believe everything an asylum seeker says. That's why so many of them, like Obama's aunt get rejected and turn into illegal aliens.

Dixie

so you havent read the stories regarding whats taking place in fort hancock?

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Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by Dixie

I don't believe everything an asylum seeker says. That's why so many of them, like Obama's aunt get rejected and turn into illegal aliens.

Dixie

so you havent read the stories regarding whats taking place in fort hancock?

I heard they were pouring over the border and "fleeing" from their involvement with the cartels.

Dixie

You see!! Obama does not want to help. Obama likes illegal aliens and the Democrats as well. We have to elect people who will deport all illegal aliens and who will build the fence. This November let's elect people who will do that. And in 2012 let's elect a president who will listen to the American people. A president who will not listen to illegal aliens and their friends.

"We've been talking to the federal government in regards to our borders and it just seems that they don't want to participate in any shape, form or manner," she said. "They just don't even respond."

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And it's getting sickening, traitors, treason, they used to hang politicians for these acts. What do we have to do to force the government into action?