Governor Issues Statement On Border Guard

[Ayatollahgondola]

As usual; He claims the need for Comprehensive immigration reform

Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement Regarding Federal Proposal to Deploy 1,200 National Guard Troops to the Southwest BorderGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced his proposal to deploy 1,200 National Guard personnel, for up to one year, in support of counternarcotics and border security operations along the southwest border of the U.S.:

“I applaud President Obama’s proposal to send additional National Guard personnel to our border region. The 224 additional troops that will be sent to California will provide much needed assistance to help secure our border, but this is only a beginning. We must find a more permanent solution to our broken immigration system. I will continue to urge the federal government to provide more National Guard personnel for our border and take action on comprehensive immigration reform.”

Governor Schwarzenegger has long believed that more border patrol agents are needed to reduce illegal border crossings and end human trafficking and the influx of narcotics:
· In June 2006, he issued General Order Number 2006-01 directing the California National Guard to temporarily support federal efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
· Leading up to the ending of Operation Jump Start, the Governor sent a letter to President Bush in February 2008 requesting that the program be extended because the operational objective was only half complete.
· This letter was followed by a joint letter sent in April 2008 with Governor Schwarzenegger and the governors of Arizona and New Mexico urging Congressional leaders to support an extension until the federal government's operational objective of 6,000 border patrol agents had been added to the force.
· In April 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger again joined the governors of the southwest border states in sending a letter to Congressional leaders, this time urging the full funding of the National Guard Counter-Drug Program to add additional personnel to the four southwest border states and ensure that the funding remains sufficient to reach a significant decline in border drug trafficking and violence.

http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/15450/