McCain TV Ad: Complete the Danged Fence (Right on Senator)

In a new TV ad, Senator John McCain and Sheriff Paul Babeu discuss the McCain / Kyl 10 Point Border Security Plan.



This message from Senator McCain and Sheriff Babeau is right on target -- Obama and his Administration need to get their act together and complete the Border Fence but we are not holding our breath. We don't expect it to happen until Republicans take over control of Congress in 2010. Then they will probably have to override a veto by Obama but we can get it done if we keep pushing. Every last American needs to get behind this push for Border Security.

Bulding the remainder of fence to secure our southern border seems to have no priority from this Administration to get it finished. The border fence at El Paso shows it will work as they are keeping the drug wars in Juarez and not allowing them to cross into El Paso which has become one of the safest large cities in America.

Since a border fence has been shown to work, build it now -- the entire length of the southern border needs the fence like yesterday. Stop the influx of illegals into this Country NOW. Senator McCain is correct about Border Security.

This is another issue where we are hearing next to nothing from Napolitano except there is no money -- instead of wasting money propping up the Euro, we should be building the fence and there would be money left over from the $1 trillion they spent on the euro that failed..

In the meantime before the fence is completed, the National Guard needs activated and assigned to the southern border. The request has been made by Senators McCain, Kyl, and others but all we hear are crickets chirping out of Obama and Napolitano all the while more illegals are entering the United States.

McCain will ask Congress for Guard at border if President won't

Arizona has asked for National Guard along the Border, the National Guard is ready to go to the Border, but yet this President and the Secretary of Homeland Security, former Governor of Arizona Napolitano are not ordering the Guard to the Border. WHY?

Another problem is the Wilderness Act being stringently enforced by this Administration is allowing illegals to come across the border into these areas of Arizona where the local Sheriff and Police are not allowed to go after them with vehicles. Does this Administration want illegals in this Country in hopes they will eventually become Democrat voters? It is beginning to look like it more every day. No one here illegally should ever be allowed to become a citizen since they broke the law.

The #1 priority of this Administration should be securing the Borders but instead we keep hearing how we need to grant amnesty. No we don't. If you are here illegally then return to your home country and apply to come legally to the United States. No more babies born in this Country to parents from a foreign county should be granted American citizenship. That was a dumb move at the time and completely unnecessary.

Thanks to Senators McCain and Kyl for continuing the fight to secure the borders and stop illegals from crossing into the United States. Their 10-Point Plan for Border Security is what Arizona and other border states need to secure the border with Mexico.

Time that Congress appropriated money to finish the fence and the INS security stations along the fence. It worked in El Paso and now time to finish building the fence along the total border. Instead of Obama worrying about amnesty for illegals, he should be pushing for finishing the building of the fence and stop illegals from crossing which by his inaction to repeated requests for National Guard troops by Senator McCain and others has shown he could care less if illegals come into this Country.

Until that border is secured everything else should be off the table except strict enforcement of laws on the books. Senator McCain has been fighting for Border Security for a long time, but it has fallen on deaf ears. With violence escalating in Mexico along the border, it is mandatory we secure our Borders and do it NOW!

McCain will ask Congress for Guard at border if President won'tMay 5, 2010 9:33 PM EST
Reporter: Craig Smith

WASHINGTON, DC (KGUN9-TV) A bold move from Senator John McCain: he tells 9 On Your Side he'll go through Congress to get National Guard troops to the border, if the president won't make it happen.

Drug smugglers shooting and wounding Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll last Friday---and someone killing Cochise County rancher Robert Krenz March 27 have cranked up the pressure for better border security.

The White House and Homeland Security are not answering our questions about whether they'll call for troops.

Now, Senator John Mc Cain says if the President won't send the National Guard, he and Senator Jon Kyl will try to do it without him.

"We would much prefer that the President and the Secretary of Homeland Security would give the order," he says. The head of the National Guard was quoted today as saying his Guard members are ready to go if they're ordered to go to the border."

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was already on board the Senator's call for 3000 Guardsmen.

"When have you ever seen law enforcement leaders, and nearly every one in Pinal County say that we need actual soldiers?"

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is calling for the National Guard; so is Mc Cain's Republican opponent JD Hayworth.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been calling for troops, and so has the Arizona Cattlemen's Association.

Senator Mc Cain says if Congress sends the National Guard it will have to include the order as part of some complex Defense bills. He says that could take a couple of months.

"We will be acting legislatively not only on the troops at the border but for money for Operation Stonegarden, for more surveillance systems, more UAVs, more radio communications, additional Border patrol stations. There's a number of additional provisions that have to be enacted in order to fully implement a plan that could secure our border."

When Senator McCain mentions Operation Stonegarden he's talking about a program to gives local police and sheriff's departments overtime pay for officers on border related duty.

Late Wednesday, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' office said she met today with Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano and many other players in the border security issue---pushing for a stronger federal response to border security.

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Source: KGUN9.com

Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl 10-Point Plan for Border Security

We keep reading articles that reference the McCain/Kyl 10-Point Plan for Border Security but had not seen the details until we decided to find it today.

This was announced on April 20, 2010, and has received very little comment around the net. Why? Is it because some conservataive blogs don't want to admit that Senators McCain and Kyl have a plan as the blogs push their own agenda against Sen McCain and for his opponent in the primary. We don't understand how any blog could be pushing Sen McCain's opponent, Hayworth, when he was in the back pocket of Abramoff and lost his Congressional seat because of lack of ethics not to mention he is a bully. That seems to be ignored on some blogs and websites.

SENATORS McCAIN AND KYL ANNOUNCE BORDER SECURITY PLAN
10-Point Plan To Better Secure The U.S.-Mexico Border In ArizonaApril 20, 2010

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) were joined today by Arizona Sheriffs Larry Dever, Cochise County and Paul Babeu, Pinal County in introducing a 10-point comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border.

Senators McCain and Kyl’s Ten Point Border Security Action Plan:

1) Immediately deploy 3,000 National Guard Troops along the Arizona/Mexico border, along with appropriate surveillance platforms, which shall remain in place until the Governor of Arizona certifies, after consulting with state, local and tribal law enforcement, that the Federal Government has achieved operational control of the border. Permanently add 3,000 Custom and Border Protection Agents to the Arizona/Mexico border by 2015.

2) Fully fund and support Operation Streamline in Arizona’s two Border Patrol Sectors to, at a minimum, ensure that repeat illegal border crossers go to jail for 15 to 60 days. Where Operation Streamline has been implemented, the number of illegal crossings has decreased significantly. Require the Obama Administration to complete a required report detailing the justice and enforcement resources needed to fully fund this program. Fully reimburse localities for any related detention costs.

3) Provide $100M, an increase of $40M, for Operation Stonegarden, a program that provides grants and reimbursement to Arizona’s border law enforcement for additional personnel, overtime, travel and other related costs related to illegal immigration and drug smuggling along the border.

4) Offer Hardship Duty Pay to Border Patrol Agents assigned to rural, high-trafficked areas, such as the CBP Willcox and Douglas Stations in the Tucson Sector.

5) Complete the 700 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico and construct double- and triple- layer fencing at appropriate locations along the Arizona-Mexico border.

6) Substantially increase the 25 mobile surveillance systems and three Predator B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in place today along the Arizona/Mexico border and ensure the border patrol has the resources necessary to operate the UAVs 24 hours a day seven days a week. Send additional fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to the Arizona-Mexico Border.

7) Increase funding for vital radio communications and interoperability between CBP and state, local, and tribal law enforcement to assist in apprehensions along the border.

8) Provide funding for additional Border Patrol stations in the Tucson Sector and explore the possibility of an additional Border Patrol sector for Arizona. Create six additional permanent Border Patrol Forward Operating Bases, and provide funding to upgrade the existing bases to include modular buildings, electricity and potable water. Complete construction of the planned permanent checkpoint in Arizona. Deploy additional temporary roving checkpoints and increase horse patrols throughout the Tucson Sector.

9) Require the Federal government to fully reimburse state and local governments for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens. Start by at least funding the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) at its authorized level of $950 million.

10) Place one full-time Federal Magistrate in Cochise County and provide full funding for and authorization of the Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative to reimburse state, county, tribal, and municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution and pre-trial detention of federally-initiated criminal cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys.

Arizona Sheriffs Larry Dever, Cochise County and Paul Babeu, Pinal County, joined Senator McCain in this video of the announcement:



John McCain and Jon Kyl are doing something about Border Security, but where are the Democrats on this issue? Head of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, former AZ Governor, seems to not be able to hear Senators McCain and Kyl. Where is Obama on this 10-Point Plan? It looks like this Administration has ZERO intention of strengthening Border Security so it is up to the States along the border to pass the tough laws it seems because the Federal Government controlled by Democrats would rather not lift a finger and allow more illegals in this Country.

This 10-Point Plan for Border Security needs adopted like yesterday and the necessary resources given to Border states to fight their huge illegal immigration problem.