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  • LA mayor-elect breaks with governor on civilian border patrols

    05/19/2005 6:06:20 PM PDT · by SmithL · 87 replies · 2,042+ views
    SF Gate.com ^ | May 19, 2005 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD
    Los Angeles (AP) -- Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he opposes civilian volunteers patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage illegal immigration, putting him at odds with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "We need our Department of Homeland Security, which patrols the border ... to address the issue of security," Villaraigosa, who was elected Tuesday, told CNN. "We have an old saying from the days of the wild, wild West ... leave your gun outside of the city limits," Villaraigosa added. "It doesn't make any sense for people to take the law into their own hands." In comments last month that were criticized...