that is up $37 from a year ago. well, for the first time we are hearing from the family of u.s. border don t yet understand what yet happened yet to their dad. agent nicholas ivy died and another agent was wounded when somebody opened fire on them in a known drug smuggling area on the mexican border. today one of agent ivy s older brothers said nick loved the outdoors, loved his job and loved helping people. there was a time that he was out on patrol and came across a woman that was with a small group, she was pregnant and she lost her shoes and her feet were cut up and she just had them wrapped in rags. and she was in a pretty remote area and just couldn t make it any farther.
the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment, to wit, there are signs that the government put up that say warning: you are in a drug smuggling area, and a human smuggling area. the police chief of nogalis, arizona, has been told his police officers will be murdered if they interfere with the drug cartels. that funnel is coming up through the state of arizona. yes, there have been some improvements. we have a long, long way to go. for the federal government to sue the state of arizona because the federal government hasn t carried out its responsibility and the state of arizona is trying to get its border secured is really remarkable. chris: senator, we have less than two minutes left and i want to get to one final area with you. sure. chris: you have been very critical of the president for insisting that u.s. troops will begin to leave afghanistan, begin to leave in july of 2011, saying that it
the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment, to wit, there are signs that the government put up that say warning: you are in a drug smuggling area, and a human smuggling area. the police chief of nogalis, arizona, has been told his police officers will be murdered if they interfere with the drug cartels. that funnel is coming up through the state of arizona. yes, there have been some improvements. we have a long, long way to go. for the federal government to sue the state of arizona because the federal government hasn t carried out its responsibility and the state of arizona is trying to get its border secured is really remarkable. chris: senator, we have less than two minutes left and i want to get to one final area with you. sure. chris: you have been very critical of the president for insisting that u.s. troops will begin to leave afghanistan, begin to leave in
other side of the border. which has shutdown we just shutdown our consulate in juarez. we just have had to set up signs in the southern part of my state warning human smuggling and drug smuggling area. we ve had police chief of nogales, arizona being threatened saying his police force is going to be murdered if they interfere with the drug cartels. 23,000 mexican the city have been murdered. four journalists were kidnapped because they reported people were taken out of prison to go murder people. i mean, the violence level is such that it poses a national security threat to the united states of america. that s a fact. so, are they doing better in some areas? yes. is the violence level and the national security threat, in my view and backed up by numbers and statistics, dramatically escalated? yes. and we must get our board
which has shutdown we just shutdown our consulate in juarez. we just have had to set up signs in the southern part of my state warning human smuggling and drug smuggling area. we ve had police chief of nogales, arizona being threatened saying his police force is going to be murdered if they interfere with the drug cartels. 23,000 mexican the city have been murdered. four journalists were kidnapped because they reported people were taken out of prison to go murder people. i mean, the violence level is such that it poses a national security threat to the united states of america. that s a fact. so, are they doing better in some areas? yes. is the violence level and the national security threat, in my view and backed up by numbers and statistics, dramatically escalated? yes. and we must get our board