Monday
Apr192010
Senators McCain And Kyl Call For 3,000 National Guard Troops Along Southwest Border
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 4:13PM
By Antonia Aguilar - University of New Mexico / Talk Radio News Service
Arizona Senators John McCain (R) and Jon Kyl (R) called Monday for the immediate deployment of 3,000 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S. border along Arizona and Mexico.
“Arizona has been disproportionately hit by this situation,” said McCain during a press briefing on ways to counteract violence stemming from illegal immigration. “Last year there were 1 million apprehensions of border crossing. 600,000 of those took place in the state of Arizona.... We’re not talking just about people who are crossing our border to go to work, we’re talking about criminal elements that are increasingly sophisticated in their operations.”
The deployment of 3,000 troops is one of ten strategies within McCain and Kyl’s proposed Ten Point Border Security Action Plan to secure the Arizona/ Mexico border. The plan also includes permanently adding 3,000 Custom and Border Protection Agents and constructing 700 miles of fencing along the border.
“It doesn’t take that much in the way of resources to accomplish what we are trying to accomplish,” said Kyl. “This is doable. It can be done and it’s got to be done.”
Arizona Senators John McCain (R) and Jon Kyl (R) called Monday for the immediate deployment of 3,000 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S. border along Arizona and Mexico.
“Arizona has been disproportionately hit by this situation,” said McCain during a press briefing on ways to counteract violence stemming from illegal immigration. “Last year there were 1 million apprehensions of border crossing. 600,000 of those took place in the state of Arizona.... We’re not talking just about people who are crossing our border to go to work, we’re talking about criminal elements that are increasingly sophisticated in their operations.”
The deployment of 3,000 troops is one of ten strategies within McCain and Kyl’s proposed Ten Point Border Security Action Plan to secure the Arizona/ Mexico border. The plan also includes permanently adding 3,000 Custom and Border Protection Agents and constructing 700 miles of fencing along the border.
“It doesn’t take that much in the way of resources to accomplish what we are trying to accomplish,” said Kyl. “This is doable. It can be done and it’s got to be done.”