Originally Posted by Caligari

Let's get one thing straight. AZ is not broke because of this problem, they are broke because, like almost every other state they are not getting revenues due to the recession. What did they do 10 years ago when they had money? NOTHING!
So now they're crying broke over a problem they (and the feds) should have solved a long time ago.

Back to the securing the border thing-

In the first place, how much of that 310 miles is already being patrolled and is secure?
100 miles? And how much of the 310 miles is actually crossable?

There has to be some quantitative, qualitative analysis done to determine exactly what needs to happen to secure the border.

In any case, hypothetically lets triple that, hire 1,800 people with all of the basic high tech equipment for surveillance and communications. Yes thats going to take some money. But this is an investment with return yes? Because you guys are saying once the illegals are kept out AZ stops losing the money right?

What about volunteers? people who talk the talk should walk the walk blah blah...

And how much did it cost to actually write the push thru the new Arizona law, and how many pork barrel crap projects does Arizona have that they could get rid of to solve this problem?

And how much money are these AZ politicians paying themselves? Cut alot of that down and you're getting somewhere.

The reality is, this new law doesnt do squat about the actual problem. Just another costly piece of legislature, money that could have been used to address the actual problem.

Once again, covering 310 miles is not a huge stretch. It is doable, and its doable now as it has been for decades.