Burning Atlanta

This is very easy to understand. Because of the federal government's adamant refusal to secure the border the locals are having to pick up the tab and they're tired of it.

Secure the damned border.

County officials along
the U.S./Mexico border say the cost of apprehending, arresting and
convicting undocumented immigrants is crippling their courts and the
region's entire criminal justice system. In a report released by the U.S. /
Mexico Border Counties Coalition (USMBCC), elected county leaders argue
they are well past the national debate on immigration reform, and simply
want to be reimbursed for the burden illegal immigration places upon their
criminal justice systems, to the tune of about $200 million a year.



    "It's all about the criminal justice costs associated with criminal
aliens," says Kent Evans, Immediate Past President of the USMBCC and a Dona
Ana County (NM) Commissioner. "Any way you look at it, border counties
spent more than one billion dollars in less than a decade. That's a lot of
money, money that should have been used to improve schools, roads and
public safety in our communities."

    In the study, conducted over a 12-month period by the University of
Arizona and San Diego State University, it was revealed that the 24 border
counties in Arizona, Texas, California and New Mexico are spending a
disproportionate amount of local tax dollars to provide law enforcement and
criminal justice services to apprehend, transport and convict criminal
undocumented immigrants. Gee, didn't mention the victims or the crimes committed by illegals. Guess victims don't matter. What price do you put on a child who is scarred for life or a woman raped? What price to live in fear?