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>> arizona is a beautiful state and a lot of the land there is protected so we the people can enjoy it. right on the border is the national wildlife refuge. a great place to hike, take in some unique nature. part of the park has been closed because of border violence which continues to plague the state of arizona and other border places. joining us now from denver, colorado, is the sheriff in arizona who is in colorado on national guard business. sheriff, the park has been closed for some time. not the whole park. but you can't go in certain levels. so what i'm trying to get in my mind for peo...

>> arizona is a beautiful state and a lot of the land there is protected so we the people can enjoy it. right on the border is the national wildlife refuge. a great place to hike, take in some unique nature. part of the park has been closed because of border violence which continues to plague the state of arizona and other border places. joining us now from denver, colorado, is the sheriff in arizona who is in colorado on national guard business. sheriff, the park has been closed for some time. not the whole park. but you can't go in certain levels. so what i'm trying to get in my mind for peo...

People are -- the arizona legislature and governor acted for one reason that is because the federal government didn't -- did not act and carry out its responsibilities to secure our borders. our southern boarder in arizona is broken. i'd like to >> dari: border -- last year 241,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended crossing the tucson sector border. you do the math one out of three, one out of five they appehend versus those who get away, a million people who crossed our border illegal. 1.3 million pounds of marijuana were intercepted in the tucson sector again. the mexican drug cartels are ...

People are -- the arizona legislature and governor acted for one reason that is because the federal government didn't -- did not act and carry out its responsibilities to secure our borders. our southern boarder in arizona is broken. i'd like to >> dari: border -- last year 241,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended crossing the tucson sector border. you do the math one out of three, one out of five they appehend versus those who get away, a million people who crossed our border illegal. 1.3 million pounds of marijuana were intercepted in the tucson sector again. the mexican drug cartels are ...

Committee they are focused on security, and she says apprehensions at the border are down in 2009 compared to 2008 and napolitano says that shows fewer people are trying to cross the border illegally but as you were saying, the senior senator john mccain disagrees, he says that the obama administration has failed to secure the border, and he gives a snapshot into how bad the situation is in arizona. mccain said this morning, quote, across the tucson sector of arizona last year, there were 241,000 apprehensions of illegal immigrants. and when you do the math, you catch 3-5 and that means over a...