Illegal Immigration 'Devastates' New Mexico

Following a slight crackdown of illegal immigration along the Arizona border, immigrants have begun illegally crossing the New Mexican border instead. Due to human smuggling, drug smuggling, kidnapping, murder, destruction of property and the death of livestock caused by illegal border-jumpers, the Governor of the southwestern state has declared a state of emergency. Governor Richardson has pledged $1.75 million for needed resources of Border Patrol agents and those defending our border from illegals. He has even gone as far as saying Mexico needs to "bulldoze the abandoned town of Las Chepas, which is directly over the border from Columbus."

I hope this declaration of a state of emergency will call federal attention to the serious immigration problem our country faces.