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GOOD FOR ARIZONA! IT'S ABOUT TIMEArizona's Governor Janet Napolitano has ordered additional National Guard troops to the Arizona / Mexico border. The goal is to help stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border. There were already 170 Guardsmen on the border, no word on how many more will head down there. Napolitano gets that part right ... sending more troops. She gets this part wrong. She says that we are not at war with Mexico. Sorry, but in a very real sense we are at war with Mexico. We're being invaded. The Mexican government is sending waves of its citizens...

PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered more National Guardsmen posted at the Mexican border to help stop illegal immigrants and curb related crimes. National Guard troops have worked at the border since 1988, but Napolitano signed an order authorizing commanders to station an unspecified number of additional soldiers there to help federal agents. Once the funding is approved, the troops will monitor crossing points, assist with cargo inspection and operate surveillance cameras, according to the order. "They are not there to militarize the border," the governor said. "We are not at war with Mexico." About 170 National Guardsmen...

Governor Considers Declaring Border Emergency Arizona, New Mexico Issue Declaration POSTED: 1:52 pm PDT August 17, 2005 UPDATED: 2:23 pm PDT August 17, 2005 SAN DIEGO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he would consider joining his counterparts in Arizona and New Mexico in declaring a state of emergency to strengthen law enforcement along the border with Mexico."We're talking about that right now," Schwarzenegger told a local radio station. "If we see a need for that, we definitely will do the same thing."New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued an emergency declaration on Friday to free up $1.75 million in funding...

PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano may declare border counties a disaster area, following the lead of her New Mexico counterpart. Napolitano press aide Jeanine L'Ecuyer said Monday the governor's staff is exploring whether an emergency could be declared based not on a natural disaster but because of the problems of crime, human smuggling and property destruction caused by people crossing the international border. L'Ecuyer said the basic question involves reviewing the legal grounds for making such a declaration. State law permits the governor to declare an emergency in various instances, including cases of "invasions, hostile attacks, riots or insurrections.'' On...