Issue Position: Immigration

Issue Position

Arizona, perhaps more so than any other state, has borne the burden of illegal immigration. It needs to stop. The problem of illegal immigration is damaging our state and costing us billions of dollars. It's time for the politicians in Washington to stop playing politics and do something about it. It is time for a plan, not platitudes.

My plan to STOP illegal immigration is simple:

To secure the border against illegal immigration, trafficking, smuggling and incursions once and for all by:

Finishing construction of the fence.

Holding companies accountable for hiring illegals.

Usinghigh-tech surveillance to monitor the border by deploying additional Predator-B U.A.V's. Learn More

Hiringmore border patrol agents and supplementing when necessary by placing National Guard troops on the border. Linking Homeland Security money to actual border security benchmarks. This begins by funding state law enforcement in amounts directly tied to the number of officers who become ICE certified. Learn More

Finally we mustend sanctuary city policies.For some, illegal immigration is a political issue to use and try to gain political points. This is wrong. As your next Congressman, I will try to push through real solutions to the illegal immigration problem. It's not about politics, it's about making sure our border is secure and our state ceases to pay such a high cost for the problem of illegal immigration. As Americans we welcome legal immigrants willing to learn English, assimilate into our communities, and become productive citizens.

As a result of my position on the border I wasendorsed in 2008 by the Arizona Police Association which includes the National Border Patrol Supervisors Association.

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