Arizona is seeking $760 million from the federal government to pay for
costs accrued by the state to jail illegal immigrants. According to a
filing in a U.S. District Court by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and
state Attorney General Tom Horne, the federal government has failed in
its duty to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing the Arizona border
in vast numbers, which has left the burden of enforcement on the state.
In the lawsuit, it is claimed that Arizona is being invaded by illegal
Mexican immigrants and the federal government is not doing its part to
help the state manage this influx of illegal immigrants.
“While control of the border is a federal responsibility, illegal
aliens who successfully cross the border and commit crime in Arizona
become an Arizona responsibility,” Horne said in a recent television
interview.
