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ARIZONA SENATE COMMITTEE TO HEAR ILLEGAL SANCTUARY POLICIES, THE COST TO ARIZONA CITIZENS; PEARCE VOWS TO ELIMINATE ALL SANCTUARY POLICIES

US State News
May 20, 2009 Wednesday 3:09 PM EST

PHOENIX, May 15 -- Arizona State Senate Republican legislators issued the following news release:

According to research,* illegal immigration costs Arizona nearly $3 billion per year. The annual cost to provide education alone to illegal aliens is nearly $1 billion. Other soaring costs include incarcerating and providing medical care for illegal aliens.

The cost in suppressed wages is $1.4 billion. The cost for border counties to enforce laws related to and prosecute illegal immigration is $26 million.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, is holding a special meeting on these monumental costs of illegal sanctuary policies to our state.

"I cannot stand by and be a spectator to the death, maiming or damage to another police officer, citizen or taxpayer by an illegal alien because we refuse to enforce our laws and fail to put America and Americans First," Pearce said.

"The costs of these crimes are far more than financial to our citizens and we need to eliminate all sanctuary policies."

WHAT: This special Senate Appropriations Committee meeting addresses the costs to Arizonans of illegal sanctuary policies. It will include testimony from three panels: national and local experts in the field of immigration policy and sanctuary cities; family members of crime victims of illegal immigrants; and public officials who support sanctuary policies.

WHO: Sen. Russell Pearce, Senate Appropriations Committee chairman & members Panel #1: National and local experts in immigration policy and sanctuary cities Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Mark Spencer, Phoenix Law Enforcement Agency Mike Hethmon, Immigration Reform Law Institute Bob Hartle, ID Theft Services, Inc. Damon Jordan, National Border Patrol Council

Panel #2: Victims of crimes of illegal aliens
Ed Kowalski, Victims of 9-11 Families
Albert Hernandez,
Lina Rott,
Phoenix Police Officer Bret Glidewell,
Maricopa County Sheriff Deputy Sean Pearce,
Bob Miller, father of slain son Chris Miller,
Barbara March, mother of slain Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David March,
Houston Police Officer Joslyn Johnson, wife of slain Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson,
Anita Shaw, mother of 17-year-old Jamel Shaw, star athlete in Los Angeles.

Panel #3: Public officials who support sanctuary policies (Members of this panel have not responded to the invitation to attend.) Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Mesa Police Chief George Gascon Acting Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.

WHEN: 9 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009 (This will also air live on Arizona Capitol Television, Cox channel 123; it will also stream live on www.azleg.gov, where archives are also posted for viewing.)

WHERE: Arizona State Senate, hearing room 1 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. *Statistics from FAIR, Borjas and U of A reports.

For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

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