washingtontimes.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A group of Republican state lawmakers yesterday said they will introduce legislation giving Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the power to make California the third state to declare an emergency along its border with Mexico.
The lawmakers cited growing threats to public safety posed by illegal immigration, as well as the added costs of incarceration, education and providing health care, as the reasons for their action.
Posted by katie at August 26, 2005