Analysis by an Arizona State Senator

 

I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I  voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer.  Rancher Rob Krantz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago.  I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence,  here is just some of the highlights from those who testified.  The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have  for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily  invasion of humans who cross their property . One Rancher testified that 300  to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch vandalizing his property,  stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving  trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran  bibles.  Another rancher testified that daily drugs are brought across his ranch in a  military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile  behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs,  behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they  will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard  that day that talked about the drug trains.  One man told of two illegal's who came upon his property one shot in the  back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to  carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the  night it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't  leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.  The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with  check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to  use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them,  if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the  border.  Federal prisons have over 35% illegal's and 20% of Arizona prisons are  filled with illegal's. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that  have been killed or wounded have been by an illegal.  The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about.  The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they  are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.  The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the  border states. We have been over run and once they are here we have the  burden of funding state services that they use. Education cost have been  over a billion dollars. The healthcare cost billions of dollars. Our State  is broke, $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make.  One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here  legally. It has to stop.  The border can be secured. We have the technology we have the ability to  stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an  organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population  and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have  a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our  country and the government which we live under.  I would give amnesty today to many, but here is the problem, we dare not do  this until the Border is secure. It will do no good to forgive them because  thousands will come behind them and we will be over run to the point that  there will no longer be the United States of America but a North American  Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under?  How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico, Canada or any of the  other Central American or South American countries? We have already lost our  language, everything must be printed in Spanish also. We have already lost  our history it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our  borders.  The leftist media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set  up a Nazi Germany. Are you kidding. The ACLU and the leftist courts will do  everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to  try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and  receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when  there is probable cause like a traffic stop to determine if they are here  legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have  your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to  show you are a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card,  Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a  hunting license, etc.. So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is  going to be stopped walking down the street etc... The Socialist who are in  power in DC are angry because we dare try and do something and that  something the Socialist wants us to do is just let them come. They want the  "Transformation" to continue.  Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom  anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect  our Constitutional Republic. Living in America is not a right just because  you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it  comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which  says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.