NEWS RELEASE

Arizona House of Representatives Representative Mark Finchem (R-11) Representative Bret Roberts (R-11) Representative Gail Griffin (R-14) Representative Becky Nutt (R-14) 1700 West Washington  Phoenix, Arizona  85007

Monday, March 8, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Southern Arizona Legislators Call on Biden Administration and Governor Ducey to Act

STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – State Representatives Mark Finchem, Bret Roberts, Gail Griffin, and Becky Nutt today released the following joint statement:

“For over a year, Arizonans, and indeed all of America, have been forced to endure a job-killing, mask-and-social-distance-promoting public health policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as Arizona is finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel with the dramatic reduction in positive cases and associated deaths, the Biden administration has opened the southern border to coyotes and cartels facilitating illegal entry into the United States. Individuals coming across the border without testing, quarantine, and contact tracing are being turned over to non-governmental organizations, which in turn are bussing them wherever in America they may claim to have family or friends.

“President Biden, at his inauguration, swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and to faithfully execute the laws thereof. In his abandonment of border security, policies implemented within hours of taking office, he has exposed the entire nation to thousands of illegal aliens entering the country without any public health precautions.

“We call on Governor Doug Ducey to join his fellow border Governor Greg Abbott of Texas in deploying our National Guard to combat the escalating border surge crisis and support the operations of border sheriffs to apprehend and hold these individuals. It must be ensured that they complete a 14-day quarantine protocol, as recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control, and the United States has a secure southern border with policies in place against continued illegal immigration. The abandonment of public health protocols that we Americans have been subject to for the past year, and which President Biden continues to call for us all to live under, should also apply to anyone who enters the country, legally or illegally. Anything less is reckless and irresponsible.”

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