Border Emergency!!!

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Border emergency declared in New Mexico
Governor says area 'devastated' by human and drug smuggling

Saturday, August 13, 2005; Posted: 2:07 a.m. EDT (06:07 GMT)

(CNN) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency Friday in four counties along the Mexican border that he said have been "devastated" by crimes such as the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants.

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"[It] is in an extreme state of disrepair and is inadequately funded or safeguarded to protect the lives and property of New Mexican citizens."

New Mexico shares 180 miles of border with the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

"The situation is out of hand," Richardson said Friday night on CNN, noting that one 54-mile stretch is particularly bad.

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It (the Mexican government) said some of Richardson's views stem from "generalizations that do not correspond to the spirit of cooperation and understanding that are required for dealing with problems of common concern along the border."

TrekMedic's Musings:

Tell me again,..WHY are people fighting the Minuteman Project??


Addendum: As I further muse on this, I wonder: Governor Richardson has control of the New Mexican National Guard,..why doesn't he put these troops on our national border? Makes sense to me,...