Sheriffs say feds being unrealistic
Republican faithful hear about border security legislation issues
Sun, 02/13/2011 - 12:01am
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, left, chats with Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever at Saturday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, held in the Knights of Columbus Hall.
(Mark Levy • Herald/Review)
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SIERRA VISTA — A pair of outspoken Arizona sheriffs said if the state does not lead the way, the federal government will eventually kow-tow to those who want immigration reform without securing the border.
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said the state is under attack by the ACLU and the U.S. Department of Justice for attempting to address what is a federal responsibility when it comes to the border.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said the federal government is trying to brainwash the American public, saying the border is safe and secure.
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Public officials have already stated that we should instead be focusing on border security as a continent as a whole. The feds have no intention of doing anything about this situation and care very little for our personal security. …Why did the TSA stand down over the Thanksgiving holiday and turn thier naked body scanners off? If flying is such a threat to our national security then why would they ever voluntarily shut down these peices of equipment that are mandatory for our safety? Put politics aside and think about it for once…
Public officials have already stated that we should instead be focusing on border security as a continent as a whole. The feds have no intention of doing anything about this situation and care very little for our personal security. Need proof? Why did the TSA stand down over the Thanksgiving holiday and turn thier naked body scanners off? If flying is such a threat to our national security then why would they ever voluntarily shut down these peices of equipment that are mandatory for our safety? Put politics aside and think about it for once.Ideapaint
Do you not understand English? He quit a group—not his job. Maybe you should quit posting here if you can’t comprehend what is going on. Dever WANTS to see immigration laws enforced. That is why YOU don’t want him on the job because you support the blatent breaking of the laws in this country. You don’t want law enforcement to do their job. I only wish you were the ones on the receiving end and maybe then you would wake up.
It is a joke to watch Janet AGAIN spew to the world that the border is secure when just yesterday they caught several men who were planning on killing several cartel targets in Southern Cali. They were already her and had they not a tip-off, it would have happened.
As I said before, this is already going on, the reason why Janet can say this is because they don’t make the connections public or just say they were killed in a drug event—people don’t really care do they? The carte
Dever needs to go! He has basically told the people he has given up and that he is ineffective. Dever just quit! We don’t need to wait until 2012. You should resign now and make it official. It is time to change paths, as dever has led this county down the wrong path for way too many years. Give it up dever. Stop being greedy and think about the people!
Wow what a hypocrite IM4LIES is. In another thread you say Giffords shouldn’t resign yet she isn’t doing her job right now but because Dever is a Conservative you want him to resign. You just showed how much of a left leaning communist you really are. Dever is trying to do his job but because of your buddy Obama he has his hands tied. You apparently have no clue what the law enforcement officers have to do here in this county with the huge illegal population coming through his county. Get a life IM4LIES because you are just a true communist liberal.
Hereford Resident seems to have a handle on IAM4TRUTH by referring to her as IAM4LIES. His statement "Get a life IM4LIES because you are just a true communist liberal" comes very close to her political views. She probably is not old enough to know much about Russian Communism, but her views come close to resembling those of the old Marxist regime.
IF the feds truely wanted a secure border it would have been completed years ago. This simply is not in thier agenda. Look at the NAFTA and GATT treaties…why would they want a securitized border? Public officials have already stated that we should instead be focusing on border security as a continent as a whole. The feds have no intention of doing anything about this situation and care very little for our personal security. Need proof? Why did the TSA stand down over the Thanksgiving holiday and turn thier naked body scanners off? If flying is such a threat to our national security then why would they ever voluntarily shut down these peices of equipment that are mandatory for our safety? Put politics aside and think about it for once.
http://www.infowars.com/mexican-troops-conduct-vehicle-search-on-u-s-soil/
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-turns-off-naked-body-scanners-to-avoid-opt-out-day-protests/
These AZ Sheriffs know what is going on at the Southern Border with the Mexican Cartels killing ranchers on our side of the border in addition to the killing of our citizens in Mexico. They can’t do much with what goes on in Mexico, but they do need federal government help in controlling our side of the border. You Ultra Liberals want the rest of us to believe we don’t need to do anything while your friends from the Mexican Cartels come across the border to kill our citizens and fight our law enforcement.
dever in 2012 you will no longer be in office. The people will vote your tired excuses out. Do your job, stop complaining, and stop putting you before the people. Do your job bro!
IAM4TRUTH: Fortunately you are not the only voter in Cochise County. I have seen many reports from many different people in Cochise County who support what Sheriff Dever does for the constituents in the county. I say the same thing for Sheriff Judd when he was sheriff during the shoot-out in Miracle Valley. Also for my buddy Sheriff Jimmy Wilson when he was sheriff and formed the Border Alliance Group.