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Though we are 80 plus miles from the border, all of the illegals that come through the unsecured border counties come up to panel county on their way to metro phoenix. and the government's reaction both at the state and the federal level has been instead of deploying soldiers to the border to secure the border, is to erect these signs. >> bill: as you know,. >> that's shameful. >> bill: i have been leading proponents of the national guard going to the border. you know how effective they would be if put down in there in force. >> absolutely. >> bill: i want to know how this intrusion in your co...

Though you wouldn't suggest that even though the government is supposed to be doing it, has the resources to do it, but you wouldn't say they're doing a good job at it, would you? >> i would say they're doing a good job. i think they need to do a better job. >> but they're doing a good job right now? >> as far as i'm concern. you look at santa cruz county, for example. out of the four border counties here in arizona bordering with mexico, we are the smallest and we are the poorest and we have about 50 miles of border. a lot of them is rough terrain that's very difficult to go through. and we h...

Representative, i'll begin with you, as an author on the bill, how do you feel about the chance with all the legal challenges, including in court today? it will be a long battle, but in the end it will prevail. she rejeked an injunction on the entire bill. instead said she would look at it piece by piece. the fact that her problem with the bill seemed to be about wording than substance, i think the bill stands a good chance of surviving, both injunction and the final determination. >> senator, this bill goes into effect. you represent three border counties in the arizona/new mexico border. how...

On the border is how bad the violence is on the border and how much it's intruding on american territory. >> well, it's affected clearly our way of life and our security. that when you have last year alone 241 illegal immigrants apprehended by the border patrol and that's a strong reflection of what really came through and here this wildlife refuge and also parts of my county even though we're 80 plus miles from the border, all of the illegals that come through the unsecured border counties come up to penal county on their way to metro phoenix and the government's reaction both at the state an...

Closed for sometime. not the whole park. but you can't go on certain levels. so what i'm trying to get in my mind for people who don't live on the border is how bad the violence is on the border and how much it's intruding on american territory. >> well, it's affected clearly our way of life and our security. that when you have last year alone 241 illegal immigrants apprehended by the border patrol and that's a strong reflection of what really came through and here this wildlife refuge and also parts of my county even though we're 80 plus miles from the border, all of the illegals that come th...