Republican candidate for attorney
general Mark Brnovich joined County Attorney Bill Montgomery in calling on the
Obama Administration to immediately stop the abandonment of illegal immigrants,
many of them children, in Arizona communities.
“This is another example of the federal
government’s failure to adequately address the illegal immigration problem in
our country,” said Mark Brnovich. “This situation is a matter not
only of national security, but human decency. Who leaves a child or a vulnerable
adult, regardless of where they came from, in a situation where they must fend
for themselves? It’s dangerous and immoral,” said Brnovich.
Media reports have noted that hundreds of
illegal immigrants, mostly women and unaccompanied children, were being
transferred to Arizona and abandoned at Phoenix and Tucson area bus stations
after being detained in Texas.
“The Arizona attorney general has a
constitutional obligation to defend our state and to push back against the
overreach of the federal government,” said Mark Brnovich. He added: “The
attorney general should be protecting the most vulnerable in our society, and
when children are being abandoned on our streets, or bus stations, I will do
everything to stop it when I'm attorney general.”
“I commend
county attorney Bill Montgomery for his leadership on this issue,” said
Brnovich. “As attorney general, I will work with local law enforcement and
county attorneys to investigate and prosecute any instance of childhood neglect
or abuse - regardless of who the perpetrator is.”
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