-- illegally to tucson, taking them to phoenix in van vans. these individuals come from as far away as china. have no extent of the cruelty, the barbarity. challenge we face -- of the challenge we face, of the human smugglers that are just south of our border. and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of trs and the administration has -- an--and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of it, and the administration has failed to act. we need to take a number of other steps that senator kyl and i will describe, but this situation is the worst i have ever seen. and it is time for the federal government to act. if you don't like the bill -- the legislation that the legislature passed and the governor signed in arizona, then carry out the federal responsibilities, which are to secure the border. you probably wouldn't have had this problem. mr. kyl: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: mr. president, may i just ask my cleelg, senator mccain -- may i just ask my colleague, senator mccain, you have

the tucson border accounts for 50% of all of the marijuana procedures in the nation. in fiscal year to doesn't mind the border patrol seized more than 1.3 million pounds of marijuana in the tucson sector alone. the first time in the border patrol sector had ever seized more than 1 million pounds of marijuana in one fiscal year. additionally 90% of the cocaine used in the united states comes from mexico and much of it smuggled through through the highway. it's these reasons and fiscal year 2000 negative 73% are all the district of the criminal filings involve either immigration or drug charges. as you know, mr. chairman, yesterday senator connolly and i released a ten-point border security action plan that calls for 3,000 national guard troops to be sent to patrol the terrorism and the mexico border, 3,000 additional border patrol agents through the border, 24 now read a surveillance by creditor unmanned aerial vehicles construction of a fence that truly towards the entries among other issues. i hope the hearing today will highlight the outstanding work that our state

the tucson sector is larger by some number of miles.lthough, they both have proximity to interstate highways. one of them, the yuma sector, has reduced immigration to virtually nothing. the tucson sector represents about half of all illegal immigration in the entire united states right through tucson, douglas, and other cities along the border. indeed yuma sector, we have now -- in the yuma sector we have now completed sometimes double and triple fencing. there is some concern that because they are short in other sectors, some of them might be transferred. now that we have yuma under control it will keep it that way. and third, over a course of time, and one that crosses the border will go to jail. and because at least 10% and the boards of 15% and 16% are criminals, is a good thing that they go to jail. and third, they will not want to cross where they know they will go to jail. that is exactly what happened in the yuma sector. the combination of those three things has worked to bring illegal immigration down in the last five years. th

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in our tucson office, we do about 70 individuals a day. and, you know, we do about 40 according to cbp, the records on recidivism are good. are effective with regard to streamline. that said, for all the programs and all activity that goes on, one small element of the overall program. on any given day, 702-1100 people are arrested in the tucson sector by the border patrol. and streamlined, process 70 of them. so it still just a small percentage of the overall amount of people that are prosecuted. but it has been effective. >> how do you decide? >> is a geographical determination by made by the border patrol. they target a particular geographic area. and then those individuals are brought in by that, and they are given priority for people with records, and that's a determination made every day by border patrol and working with our prosecutors. >> my understand from a letter from the judge is would like to see an additional magistrate, and also an increase that could handle an increase in the number of people who would be subject to incarcer

the human sector and the tucson sector. tucson sector is larger by some number of miles. they both have proximity to highways. one of them has reduce illegal immigration to virtual nothing. the other, tucson, represent about half of all of the illegal immigration in the entire united states. what is the difference? in it beyumah -- yumah sector, we have double and triple fencing. they have an adequate number of workers. there is some concern is that they are short and other sectors, their concern that they will be transferred. operation streamline. over the course of time, anyone across the border will go to jail. at least 10% or 15% are criminals. for those who won't work, they cannot make money when they are in jail. they tend to not want to make -- across the border in arizona that they will go to jail. the combination of those three things has worked to bring the illegal immigration down. the number was about 118,500 five years ago, it is now down to around 5000. that is tremendous progress. in the tucson sector, we still have about two to 41,000 apprehension so far t

. >> host: tucson, this is fritz on the independent blind. good morning, fritz. >> caller: good morning. i'm a letter carrier here in tucson and a lot of people don't realize the mail this 24 hours a day, seven days a week. if you take one day i wake of saturday's delivery, everybody will be like a day after a holiday as far as volume and things would slow down quite addictive it would be overturned for monday, tuesday wednesday probably for the carriers. so i don't know how much money that would save and also the pre-funding of health benefits. >> host: fritz, before you go offline, since you're a career professional the postal service and he notes that economic challenges, what would your answer be? >> caller: well, if you address the pre-funding of the health benefits for retirees, which no government agency has to do according to the literature that i received the union and from the postal service that would pay all of our debts and then some. >> host: ruth goldway. >> guest: yes, the letter carriers, as i am very involved in the postal w

-- illegally to tucson, taking them to phoenix in van vans.- of the challenge we face, of the human smugglers that are just south of our border. and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of trs and the administration has -- an--and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of it, and the administration has failed to act. we need to take a number of other steps that senator kyl and i will describe, but this situation is the worst i have ever seen. and it is time for the federal government to act. if you don't like the bill -- the legislation that the legislature passed and the governor signed in arizona, then carry out the federal responsibilities, which are to secure the border. you probably wouldn't have had this problem. mr. kyl: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: mr. president, may i just ask my cleelg, senator mccain -- may i just ask my colleague, senator mccain, you have been down on the border recently. you went to the tucson sector, which is the sector that has about half of all of

after tuesday, after this point that game tucson the road.the highway against fau and then right back here at home are the hurricanes against the saint owls team. it will be three games in just about a week's time against florida atlanta. a team the hurricanes beat here at home this past wednesday night 12-5. here's the hurricane's 2nd base man frankie ratliff. >> jason, once the ncaa went to that later schedule, of course baseball, the first game this year was february 19th. historically the canes would start? mid january. this time of year in april you would normally see weekend series. that's pretty much it. but we still have a lot of week games yet. so throughout the season up until the very end you are going to have quite a few mid- week games to make sure they get those games in in a condensed schedule that they put together for the ncaa. >> jason: and you get the impression that jason morris realizes that he does have a verile talented team this year and a good mix of speed and power offensively as the veterans like, you know, monty gr

. >> a source tells fox 411 that family is invited to join them at the tucson treatment center wheree will be, so sandra can visit. >> don't we have a picture of the place? why do these places always look so comfortable. they just look marvelous. >> because they are really expensive. >> apparently it will cost him upwards of 20 grand. >> put up the picture. >> that is a nice place. >> famous alumni of sierra tucson are michael douglas, ring go star, julie andrews and mark foley who i believe was addicted to teenage boys. >> hard habit to give up. >> maybe you can go to filtered. >> stay strong, boss. >> karl rove heckled. greg, you said there is no such thing as a citizens arrest. but every state except north carolina permits citizens arrest. >> but no one does it. >> i agree with that part. >> if somebody tried to do it you would laugh at them. >> yes, absolutely. remi, have you ever defended a client who was a citizen arrested? >> no, greg is right. this doesn't happen. no, people will not surrender to an ordinary citizen. >> what about an extraordinary citizen? >> that's different

tucson, arizona, hello? tucson, arizona, hello. >> craig: how are you? what i think you guys are great, i'm only 55. and my question is this -- when we bullied back when we were kids, it was restricted to a group of kids. maybe ten kids. now with the internet, do you think that the internet -- 24-hour news cycles, i don't remember anybody committing suicide when bullied. the internet spreads out around the world, the local government, everywhere. that adds to the pressure of what the recipient of being bullied is. >> larry: good point, bill? >> yes, it does. it does because for example when phoebe prince was being bullied, it's called cyberbullying with when children post bad things about other children, where they say hurtful things. they spread rumors. and if a child has a low self-esteem, it's very hurtful and will cause the child to become depressed and fearful. >> larry: were you shocked when administrators in the case had no idea what was going on? >> i don't know if shocked is the word as much as i did not believe -- i don't remember that you can

tucson, arizona, hello. i'm sorry, tucson, arizona.aller: how you. >> larry: okay. >> caller: bill cosby, i think you guys are great. my question is this. when we bullied back when we were kids, it seemed like it was restricted to just a certain group of kids there may have been 10 or 15 kids. now the internet, do you think the internet, 24 hours news cycles, i don't remember anybody ever committing suicide that we bullied. is it because now with the internet it spreads out throughout the world, your local neighborhood, the state, the city, the government? i mean everywhere it seems like. so is that what adds to the pressure of what the recipient of being bullied is? >> larry: good point. bill? >> yes, it does. and it does because for example, when phoebe prince was being bullied, it's called cyberbullying. where children post bad things about other children. where they say hurtful things, they spread rumors, and if a child has a low self-esteem, it is very hurtful and will cause that child to become depressed and fearful. >> larry: bi

the tucson border accounts for 50% of all of the marijuana procedures in the nation. in fiscal year to doesn't mind the border patrol seized more than 1.3 million pounds of marijuana in the tucson sector alone. the first time in the border patrol sector had ever seized more than 1 million pounds of marijuana in one fiscal year. additionally 90% of the cocaine used in the united states comes from mexico and much of it smuggled through through the highway. it's these reasons and fiscal year 2000 negative 73% are all the district of the criminal filings involve either immigration or drug charges. as you know, mr. chairman, yesterday senator connolly and i released a ten-point border security action plan that calls for 3,000 national guard troops to be sent to patrol the terrorism and the mexico border, 3,000 additional border patrol agents through the border, 24 now read a surveillance by creditor unmanned aerial vehicles construction of a fence that truly towards the entries among other issues. i hope the hearing today will highlight the outstanding work that our state

the future pope benedict did not take any action against tucson priest michael cada for years despite cases of child molestation dating back to the 1970s. the catholic church is being criticized for its handling of the abuse case by other religious leaders. the head of the anglican church says catholicism is now facing what he calls a colossal corporate trauma. a cbs news poll shows americans' opinions of the pope have changed. 24% of those surveyed have an unfavorable view of pope benedict compared to only 4% in 2006. >> i think it is a challenging time for the catholic church. that's for sure. >> i think he's a very holy man and an ealgt -- an intelligent man. he has flaws like the rest of us. >> the vatican newspaper is addressing the controversy. a vile defamation campaign against him. karen brown, wjz eyewitness news. >>> pope benedict has not made any explicit reference to the scandal since march 20th when he released a letter to the irish faithful considering the abuse crisis in that country. >> in maryland news, police make an arrest in the city's first homicide of the year. 3

for nigeria out who lawfully resided in the united states for two years went to a local clinic in tucson to get vaccinated for sonia -- simian flu. despite being two months pregnant, she was turned away. the clerk told her that by arizona law, she must wait until the next population is declared within the priority scheme. in response, she launched a suit in federal court against arizona's attorney-general, jennifer morse and, challenging the law on the grounds it violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment to the united states constitution and injured with exclusive powers over immigration matters. after careful consideration of the case, the district court of public wall -- upheld the law, finding that congress had upheld priority for citizens. they found the state's acting under ballot delegation and that the courtroom except the same level of review for policies of the state as they would congressional policies, that is, rational basis. if they were convinced there is a rational mode behind the law, namely part to rising health and u.s. citizens and deterring aliens fro

welcome to the second annual tucson festival of books on this fabulous day. it is only march and it is not yet 130 degrees. i grew up here. i love it. i want to say something about -- i want to thank the judge for making this possible and the want to add my appreciation for all the work behind this amazing festival. if anyone thinks books are dying just look at the mobs outside. any cellphone that rings will be fed to the scavengers outside. this is the point where the presenter says it gives me great pleasure but in this case, man! you may not be able to judge a book by its cover but you can by ane author. se have not only learned to make our sources's lives miserable but we also join the noble tribe of where animals, reporters for the associated press as a former professor out here, joined the hot squad features in new york and worked in the moscow bureau during the evil empire days. she went to the baltimore sun and in 1981 she went straight to ncer free lancer and unlike most freelancers she may agree life out of it. the secret is among other things her r

i live in tucson which is a harbor town on the south coast of south korea and i never see snow. i don't care if i never see any snow again. .. >> and i don't think you are all that interested in how many calories his kids are getting every day. you're probably more interested in what he thinks, how he sees himself, what he is teaching his kids. this is what i find it so baffling that in the united states, although we fought one war with the north koreans, losing 54,000 people in the process, and although we came close to fighting another war in 1993 and 1994, and although we've been and locked in this standoff with the north koreans, we still are not interested in what ideology they have and why they are doing all this. and in the meantime, we are so compulsively accumulating hard facts. then we wonder why we still don't understand this country. it's almost as if we didn't know that iran was an islamic country. it really wouldn't matter how much intelligence were able to gather about iran. its behavior would still baffle us. this is the problem have in north korea and this is wh

we're here at our beautiful sunny tucson arizona looking out on a great looking audience.e, everybody joining us at home on c-span groggy having lost one hour of sleep except here in arizona were we don't have daylight savings time. that is why i am looking at bright eyed and bushy tail so let's day gaulle of the people from the festival it is a two the amazing event here in teeeighteen starting out to become a premier book festival in the country. of course, the great part of what is going on here in arizona. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] . . [applause] he is a truly great historic figure and anything perhaps an interesting bookend. i think today's conversation about the american military and the differences in the military. doug stanton is a master storyteller. yesterday career of bringing people to places all over the world, a writer whose words on travel and adventure and entertainment stories. in his own book about the world war ii. has done things like playing basketball with george clooney for a story or taking act and tips from harrison ford.

if dozens demonstrated last night at a tucson building where gov. jan brewer was speaking. mexico's president says it will hurt u.s.-mexico relations. police will question people about their immigration status if they suspect there in the country illegally. the controversy has sparked protests in prince george's county. protesters demanded to see the head of the county jail there. they are upset that a 26-rolled woman could be deported after she was arrested for selling phone cards from her apartment. a bar distracts her using a secure community partnership of federal immigration authorities and found she does not have the proper documents to stay in the united states. >> final tributes will begin today for a legendary civil rights activist dorothy height, who died last week. to oppose of the national council of negro women's headquarters on pennsylvania avenue from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. funeral will be held thursday at the washington national cathedral. there will be about 700 tickets for the general public. president obama has ordered the flag still flies at half staff that

over 108 border patrol agents in a two-month period have been assaulted in the tucson area. let me show you a photograph, madam speaker, i'm not sure you can see this. let me hold it up. this is a border patrol vehicle. it's a pickup truck. but you can see that there is mesh steel across portions of this border patrol veeth vehicle. the border patrol calls this vehicle and others like it a war wagen. now why would they have this mesh steel across their windows, across the front wind shield, on the roof, protecting the lights, the red lights? why would they have this? well, it's to protect themselves. you see, when these border patrol vehicles go up and down the u.s. border with mexico those people who want to come in the united states illegally are waiting for them in different parts of the border on our side, right on the border, and throw rocks at our border patrols and that's how many of the assaults have occurred against our border patrol agents in recent years. so thus they have to build these war wagons, something that you might want to see in afghanistan or iraq, to p

one, in the tucson sector alone of our border, last year there was over 1.3 million pounds of marijuanapprehended. there were over 241,000 individual apprehensions. today jon kyl and i had two great sheriffs with us from arizona. one is the head of the arizona sheriff's association his name is paul babow. he represents the area where a lot of this is funneling through and sheriff larry defer where the rancher was just murdered recently. >> bill: yes, mr. krentz. >> robert krentz murdered by most like lay drug dealer. they will tell you the violence has ratcheted up. the smugglers are heavily armed. it's reaching a level where it's spilling across on to our border. and we need to have troops down there on the border. we need to have increase in number of border patrol. we need to do this operation stream line where you convict people who are illegals who are -- and put them in prison for a while. by the way, 17% of those who are crossing our border and are apprehended are guilty of crimes that they have committed in the united states of america. >> bill: right. deport them and they come

fifty% enof the people crossing the border are coming here through the tucson sector, my legislative district. one out of five of them are here to commit crimes. >> how do you avoid racial profiling. you hearth luis gutierrez, born in chicago, as american as you or myself, how do you avoid racial profiling. >> the left loves to throw the race card. the reality is we actually strengthen the civil rights provisions in this legislation to make it one of the most strict civil rights enforcement requirements in the state of arizona. a law enforcement officer has to have a lawful encounter with someone before they require immigration status. for example, if you get pulled over for speeding. that is a lawful encounter. then the police officer asks you for your driver license and you cannot produce any driver's license or documentation whatsoever. he has reasonable suspicion. he has the ability to inquire under this law. it strengthens a federal law passed in 1986, immigration reform and control act allows any officer to enforce the law and make sure people are in this country legally. that'

and with us from tucson, arizona, republican state senator, frank antinori, who represents three counties the arizona-mexco border. frank, how do you feel? >> i feel good. this is a long-overdue piece of legislation. and i hope that the congresswoman is listening this is also arizona's cry for help. a help cry that we've been making for about 15 years. and has been falling on deaf ears at the federal level. so since the federal government isn't helping us, we now have to step up and help ourselves. and this is bill, now a law, that will go a long way to starting to enforce the laws that the federal government should be enforcing. >> congresswoman, your reaction? >> well i would say to the senator, first and foremost, we don't have a law at the federal level that goes after people and stops them simply because we suspect that they are hispanic or that they are an illegal alien. we don't have that law. so for him to say that he is -- >> congressman -- >> for him to say that he is enforcing a federal law is completely and totally wrong. in fact, we have a partnership with local law enforceme

we're here at our beautiful sunny tucson arizona looking out on a great looking audience. of course, everybody joining us at home on c-span groggy having lost one hour of sleep except here in arizona were we don't have daylight savings time. that is why i am looking at bright eyed and bushy tail so let's day gaulle of the people from the festival it is a two the amazing event here in teeeighteen starting out to become a premier book festival in the country. of course, the great part of what is going on here in arizona. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] [applause] as i said yesterday, we ended one street here in but there is a good streak of festivals the start out that may be is just as important we're very lucky to have standing here with us today before i introduce him a one to take a moment of personal privilege somebody that is here with us in the audience new-line had a chance to get to know and i wrote a book about his background that is the original berlin bomber. [applause] have after world war ii along with his wife lorain. [applause] is a truly

host: tucson. this is fritz. guest: imf letter carrier here in tucson. people do not realize that the male moves 24 hours a day, seven days a week. if you canceled saturday delivery, every monday would be like the day after a holiday, in terms of volume. over time for monday, tuesday, wednesday, probably for the carriers. host: before you go, since you are in a career professional in the postal service, you know there are economic challenges. what would your answer be? guest: well, if we address the pre funding for retirement benefits, which no other government agency has to do, according to literature i have read, that could pay for all of our debts and then some. guest: yes, letter carrier -- the major problem that the service is facing is not the cost for saturday delivery. it is the burden of providing a prepaid health care fund of $5.5 billion each year. in legislation passed in 2006, the post service is required to refund its health-care retiree benefits. no other government agency does that and very few private sector companies do. for the past th

borders and our borders are not secure. 241,000 -- over 241,000 illegals were apprehended and just the tucsonne that people of arizona are angry and frustrated and that's reflected in their legislature and the governor. >> brian: you've taken the lead before in immigration reform and a lot of people were upset by it, but you do what you think is right and let the chips fall where they may. now if immigration reform is offered up by the white house, will you get involved, putting both feet in, and if so, what elements have to be in it to get senator mccain support? >> we have to get the border secured first. again, the violence is escalated, the drug cartels pose a threat to the very existence of the mexican government. we have this incredible violence that's taking place. 22,000 mexican citizens have been killed since calderon has been president. so we've got to get the border secured first. >> steve: let me ask you before you go, about one other thing. a couple of your colleagues in the senate, collins and lieberman, issued subpoenas. they want to know, they're not getting anything from the

but you let our committee from tucson to san diego. perhaps we should go from a passel -- el paso and juarez and brown stsville. it seems to me we have to think outside the box. a lot of the testimony and other committees is about iraq and afghanistan. we're trying to stabilize and area. we're putting a lot of foreign aid into that so that we can stop the violence caused by the taliban. we have the same situation on the border. we just have different names for it. instead of the military, we have ice border patrol. i am not sure we have focused on what we should be doing about infrastructure development, particularly foreign aid to build the mexican side of the border up so that all the pain is not on our side. just as we cannot win the war militarily in afghanistan, i do not think we can arrest our way out of the border issues. represent salinas, california. it is not on the border. but we have a border war going on. last year, they killed 29 kids. kids killed kids. there were 29 in a small town. it has everyone absolutely freaked. a

host: michael is running as from tucson, arizona. caller: i grew up the 1970's and foster care predicted between then and now is that back then, they did not have the tests to netiquette present test is if they were mentally ill. it did not have the drug problem. we had children who were abused by alcoholic parents. that is where i came from. i did not get a support group here. in arizona, they had a thing called spring board. a bunch of foster kids who were runaways would get together in a house like day parents and night parents. there were not enough foster parents to go around. i had to go out on the streets and go to work at a young age. today, you have ingenuity, the possibilities for these kids who are mentally ill figure out what is wrong with them. many kids were not diagnosed, there just abuse. host: were you able to get a college degree? caller: i have then -- i have finished school. i am successful. i am disabled but -- it seems to be the same cycle is going around. guest: unfortunately, things have not changed a lot sinc

host: tucson. this is fritz. guest: imf letter carrier here in tucson.eople do not realize that the male moves 24 hours a day, seven days a week. if you canceled saturday delivery, every monday would be like the day after a holiday, in terms of volume. over time for monday, tuesday, wednesday, probably for the carriers. host: before you go, since you are in a career professional in the postal service, you know there are economic challenges. what would your answer be? guest: well, if we address the pre funding for retirement benefits, which no other government agency has to do, according to literature i have read, that could pay for all of our debts and then some. guest: yes, letter carrier -- the major problem that the service is facing is not the cost for saturday delivery. it is the burden of providing a prepaid health care fund of $5.5 billion each year. in legislation passed in 2006, the post service is required to refund its health-care retiree benefits. no other government agency does that and very few private sector companies do. for the past thre

both sides, sounds like a good idea, let's see how it is working out, adam housely joins us from tucson on what the training is these agents are going through. >> it is good, and it has been asked for some time, why is there not more training with both sides working together? for the first time that is happening. a race across the desert on atvs and practicing fighting techniques north of the u.s.-mexico border, agents from both countries are joining forces for an unprecedented training operation, aimed at the heart of an ongoing and violent battle. >> we need to communicate with each other, without talking. >> there has always been cooperation but maybe tense cooperation. if you will. but, we're getting to know each other, as people. >> reporter: a politically sensitive alliance, intended to save lives and possibly lead to the creation of a mexican counterpart to the u.s. border patrol. 35 mexican police officers, have gone through the important training, and they use in the war on drugs and this is one of three people going through this training, using the weapons like this one here,

just last month cbp opened the operations of intelligence coordination center in tucson arizona.this new facility serves as a centralized location for gathering and disseminating a real-time data, actionable information to help increase security along the southwest border and to put information into the hands of our agents on the ground. since last november when acting commissioner jason a durham to beat testified the cdp has continued its efforts on the altbach operations to prevent weapons and currencies in fact he will drug-related violence that continues in mexico. as a part of the strategy we've expanded our license plate reader program, the lpr program and invested in non-intrusive activity and deployed additional border patrol agents on the scene. we've also deployed mobile response teams, canine teams and other resources looking at what is leaving our country as we concentrate on what is coming into the country. these outbound efforts have been successful. they are an important step in the right direction. since the southwest border initiative was launched last year cbp h

right now it's completing 23 miles of that border in the tucson area.aste of time. what's really interesting, jon, is that in the areas of the border where we have a good old-fashioned tension with -- fence with sometimes a double layer or triple layer, that actually does right now, i'd say, a better job for less money than what we've invested in this virtual electronic fence. so we told them the other day either fix it or stop it. jon: well, if a governor, say, in arizona wants to call out the national guard, governor brewer could do that, couldn't she? >> you are right. governor brewer could do it. we asked that question, and i'm afraid -- two things, really. of course, it costs money if the governor calls out the national guard, and arizona's as strapped as every other state. but i do think arizona has a good argument in saying that just by the accident of geography, the fact that they're on the border with mexico, they're the major place through which illegal imgrants, drug smuggling, human smuggling comes across the border, cash and guns goes south

from tucson, ariz., honor opposed line. caller: thank you for c-span. i definitely oppose this law because when does it stop? first, it is going to be -- then it will be african-americans. they do not know the difference between who belongs where. it is crazy. i do not know where this governor and this crazy legislative people, they are all from phoenix. i think they're using it as an excuse to persecute mexicans. i think that is wrong. as a young african-american, if you do not walk around with id and proving to you are, they will throw me in the back of a police car. that is why i am scared. host: we had a reporter on earlier who talked about those who reside in arizona best showing a large amount of support. caller: most of them are probably from the phoenix area. i am totally against it. it is a nightmare and we will all pay for this one. guest: charleston, south carolina, up next. caller: i have been out of work for 18 months. i went to a shipyard here in charleston to try to get a job and i could not get hired. about two weeks after that, they too

provide for funding necessary to both expand operation streamline to other sectors including the tucsonf the border or half of all the illegal immigration is now coming through the southern border? >> first i would express my condolences for the citizen in arizona. that happened while i was in arizona for u.s. attorneys conference. it is in fact a priority for this administration to ensure that our borders are secure and especially the border we are talking about, the southwest border. we have tried to work with her partner said dhs to be effective in that regard or go i will check and see what the status is of that report. it is certainly not anything that has been brought to my attention either dhs or the department of justice that we have been dragging our feet in the creation of that report. there are a variety of mechanisms i think that we need to use in order to be effective at reducing the flow of illegal immigration and all that that implies for the collateral problem that it tends to breed and operation streamline the something you are correct, you and i have certainly discusse

democrats take a step toward their goal of financial regulation -- let's go to tucson, arizona. sarah on our democratic caller's line. caller: i just wanted to ask a quick question and make a quick comment. the goldman sachs -- the entire think it's really frustrating to name and it is just icing on the cake with the politics going on in america. instead of it being about human beings alliance and being kind to fellow americans and equality and justice and corporations not to taking over, every single vote is just so ridiculous. i am not a democrat if i can vote like you, i am not a republican if i can -- i am so tired of politics and it is so obvious why so many people are becoming independents. i was on to say, do you think this will continue? well partisan politics -- or do you think we will find a place where we realize we have to move past that if we are going to get anything done and we have to support our present and even if we don't always agree with them. host: de think the situation with a goldman sachs board -- spurred on more of an effort for people in washington to

host: duncan from tucson. in today's news, off lead story and "the washington post" is on the upcoming elections. we are talking about president clinton's comments about looking to the future as a nation. the next telephone call is for wayne, indiana. this is their role, independent line. good morning. -- darryle. caller: i am contract to a dod consultant firm and what we are doing right now is creating technologies to make the border much safer. that is number one. you do have individuals doing that right now. number two, as far as clinton's key points as far as a successful and better american, i grew agree with it completely. -- i agree with it completely. the only problem i have is the last portion, more immigrants. that is the problem we currently have right now. even as of right now, i would say per surface area we are completely over populated. and also proves it economically because as of right now, but the population we have, we don't have enough jobs. i could tell you as far as pertaining to a long t

host: another view from tucson, ariz.. caller: they have to question thoroughly.hey do not want to just anybody in there. i am disgusted with mr. leahy and the chairwoman. they are not questioning properly. this is an important decision. in the decisions made by his riding, he signed -- he sounds to me to be too liberal. host: dorothy, a democratic caller. caller: i believe there should be more diversity in the senate. there is always these old white men. when it comes for a nomination on the democratic side, the republicans want to attack. it always appears to be racial. this is an asian the on demand. they want to attack him. for instance, the center asked him is this the position yuan -- the center asked him if this is the position he wants to be in. he should ask that question to him. there is the more diversity in the senate. we will never, ever have it. the white men have too much money. they could by the senate. host: there is the view from earlier today with reporters gathered around the witness table. a live look at the u.s. capitol. the house and senate

just last month cbp opened the operations intelligence coordination center in tucson arizona. this new facility serves as a centralized location for gathering and disseminating a real-time data. actionable information to help increase security along the southwest border and to put information into the hands of our agents on the ground. since last november when active commissioner jason testify before this subcommittee cdp has continued its enhanced efforts on an album operation to prevent weapons and currency and fuel drug-related violence that occurs in mexico. as a part of this strategy we've expanded our license plate reader program, the lpr program. we invested non-interest of technology and deployed additional border patrol agents on the scene to the wheels of deployed mobile response teams, canine teams and other resources to increase the post search operations looking at what is leaving our country as we concentrate on what is coming into our country. these outbound efforts have been successful. they are an important step in the right direction. since the southwest bord

administration to provide funding necessary to both expand operation streamline to other sectors including the tucson of the border where just about half of the illegal immigration is now coming through the southern border? >> first, i would express my condolences for the citizen in arizona. that happened while i was in arizona for a u.s. attorneys' conference. the, it is, in fact, a priority for this administration to insure that our borders are secure and especially with the border we're talking about, the southwest border. we have tried to work with our partners at dhs to be effective in that regard. i will check and see what the status is of that report. it is certainly not anything that's been brought to my attention by anyone either at dhs or within the department of justice that we have been dragging our feet in the creation of that report. there are a variety of mechanisms, i think, that we need to use in order to be effective at reducing the flow of illegal immigration and all that that implies, all the collateral problems that it tends to breed. operation streamline is something, you're cor

provide for funding necessary to both expand operation streamline to other sectors including the tucson the border or half of all the illegal immigration is now coming through the southern border? >> first i would express my condolences for the citizen in arizona. that happened while i was in arizona for u.s. attorneys conference. it is in fact a priority for this administration to ensure that our borders are secure and especially the border we are talking about, the southwest border. we have tried to work with her partner said dhs to be effective in that regard or go i will check and see what the status is of that report. it is certainly not anything that has been brought to my attention either dhs or the department of justice that we have been dragging our feet in the creation of that report. there are a variety of mechanisms i think that we need to use in order to be effective at reducing the flow of illegal immigration and all that that implies for the collateral problem that it tends to breed and operation streamline the something you are correct, you and i have certainly discussed

provide for funding necessary to both expand operation streamline to other sectors including the tucson the border or half of all the illegal immigration is now coming through the southern border? >> first i would express my condolences for the citizen in arizona. that happened while i was in arizona for u.s. attorneys conference. it is in fact a priority for this administration to ensure that our borders are secure and especially the border we are talking about, the southwest border. we have tried to work with her partner said dhs to be effective in that regard or go i will check and see what the status is of that report. it is certainly not anything that has been brought to my attention either dhs or the department of justice that we have been dragging our feet in the creation of that report. there are a variety of mechanisms i think that we need to use in order to be effective at reducing the flow of illegal immigration and all that that implies for the collateral problem that it tends to breed and operation streamline the something you are correct, you and i have certainly discussed

just last month cbp opened the operations intelligence coordination center in tucson arizona. this new facility serves as a centralized location for gathering and disseminating a real-time data. actionable information to help increase security along the southwest border and to put information into the hands of our agents on the ground. since last november when active commissioner jason testify before this subcommittee cdp has continued its enhanced efforts on an album operation to prevent weapons and currency and fuel drug-related violence that occurs in mexico. as a part of this strategy we've expanded our license plate reader program, the lpr program. we invested non-interest of technology and deployed additional border patrol agents on the scene to the wheels of deployed mobile response teams, canine teams and other resources to increase the post search operations looking at what is leaving our country as we concentrate on what is coming into our country. these outbound efforts have been successful. they are an important step in the right direction. since the southwest bord

border patrol in the tucson area, assaults against them this year is up 300% from last year. that's right. assaults on our agents who are trying to protect the border protect us. so we have to do more than that. we have to support the border patrol, the this was that work along the border and we have to do what the governors of some of those states asked for and that's send the national guard down to the border. we protect the borders of other nations. why don't we protect our own? we don't know. i think it's politics. and it's time that we have the moral will to secure the dignity of the united states. it's about border security, it's about national security. it's not an issue of immigration. it's an issue of whether or not people can come into the united states legally or illegally. and we must have the moral will to keep the criminal gangs, the drug cartels, the human smugglers out of the united states. they know our borders are porous. people in other countries know our borders are porous. they go through mexico and come into the united states. the federal government's be

nathan mccann, assistant principal at flowing well high school in tucson, arizona, who has been named the 2010 national assistant principal of the year. mr. mccann is lieding an effort -- leading an effort to reform his school's curriculum in response to students' feedback. and has worked closely with school counselors to help the graduates of flowing well pursue their goal of postsecondary education. i thank mr. mccann for his hard work and his dedication to his school and for being the role model he is for assistant principals nationwide. mr. speaker, once again i express my support for national assistant principals week and thank the nation's assistant principals. i thank representative fudge for bringing this resolution to the floor and i urge my colleagues to pass this resolution. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. petri: i r

democrats take a step toward their goal of financial regulation -- let's go to tucson, arizona. sarah on our democratic caller's line. caller: i just wanted to ask a quick question and make a quick comment. the goldman sachs -- the entire think it's really frustrating to name and it is just icing on the cake with the politics going on in america. instead of it being about human beings alliance and being kind to fellow americans and equality and justice and corporations not to taking over, every single vote is just so ridiculous. i am not a democrat if i can vote like you, i am not a republican if i can -- i am so tired of politics and it is so obvious why so many people are becoming independents. i was on to say, do you think this will continue? well partisan politics -- or do you think we will find a place where we realize we have to move past that if we are going to get anything done and we have to support our present and even if we don't always agree with them. host: de think the situation with a goldman sachs board -- spurred on more of an effort for people in washington to

you live in tucson. >> guest: well, look, i've been in arizona.rizona immigration bill cannot be enforced. it would bankrupt the state. they don't have enough jails to do it, one. every cop, every police force in the state has said that, they've come out against it. two, it will make it impossible to investigate a lot of crimes. police now can move freely through neighborhoods that are full of illegal mexicans because the illegal mexicans know if somebody asks them about a murder, they're not going to be deported. that's off the table now. this law was passed for domestic political reasons. it was passed so the governor can look tough. the legislator is a lunatic. i covered it. john mccain has endorsed it because he's in a relatively tight republican primary, but it will not influence illegal immigration any more than the wall will along the border. people have to understand that right now on the border where i live it's about $3,000 to hire a smuggler to get you across, say, get you to chicago. if you get to chicago, you will make a real wage and