Arizona apprehensions2005-2009: 577,517 510,623 416,231 326,059 248,624

Arizona-based Border Patrol agents2005-2009: 3,024 3,384 3692 3,965 4,170

Arizona marijuana seizures2005-2009: 884,204 879,523 1,264,095 1,132,323
 1,655,265

Arizona illegal immigrant population2005-2009: 510,000 490,000 530,000
560,000 460,000

Drug violence in Sonora

So Windsor, This leads you to believe illegal workers is the growing problem
and money should be spent on checking IDs instead of catching drug smugglers
at the border?

I agree with those who say “not enough.” Looks like other states have the
same problem as Arizona with not enough. So far it has been held to an
unarmed invasion. What will we do when it becomes an armed invasion. We are
facing gunfire at the border. When the gunfire comes across the border will
we take it with doing nothing in return?

If 2000+ BP agents can’t stem the flow of illegal aliens what makes the feds
think 527 NG’s will?

I see Rheinheimer is being a good Republican, going with the program of
trying to stir up panic among the electorate.

Of course, there’s the teensy little problem of the facts: both violent and
property crimes in Cochise County are down by about 20% from 5 years ago. And
the Republic’s story last month about Nogales shows both the statistics and
the perception of the locals confirm that the situation there is much like
that in El Paso, with one of the safest cities in the U.S. sitting across the
border from one of the most violent on the planet.

But, as we see around here on a regular basis, there’s no shortage of people
who WANT to be scared, so I’m sure his message of doom will find an eager
 audience.