Arizona rancher Robert Krentz, pictured here in 2008, was killed on his own property 35 miles outside of the border town of Douglas, Ariz.
Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Operations subcommittee, told Fox News on Thursday that she would like to have a hearing as soon as Congress returns from its Easter recess to help border states whose pleas for federal assistance have so far gone unmet.
“I don’t think that we are getting everything we need,” she said, adding that the hearing would provide a platform to discuss what is needed.
Granger said the border fence that was under construction in the Southwest was not helpful.
“What we need is sensors, we need more equipment to see who’s coming across the border,” she said. “We need more roads so that border control can stop them. We need more commitment frankly. We need commitment to make sure that our borders are safe and they’re not right now with what’s going on in Mexico.”
Interesting, given the latest news today from the INS and the Obama Administration representatives, that the fence has reduced the number of apprehensions and the number of criminals crossing into the United States from Mexico.
Even after all the stories of kidnapping, drug and human smuggling, the Krentz murder and now the Pima county Deputy Sheriff shooting, we have illegal immigration reform put off by the Obama Administration and now the Phoenix Suns basketball organization and management comes out in opposition against the new proposed law, against the “rule of law”, and against the 70% majority of Arizona citizens who want enforcement. Do the Phoenix Suns also support the boycotting of Arizona businesses? If so, why did we pay for their new arena?
Just Asking!!!!!