Mark Brnovich Joins County Attorney Bill Montgomery in Calling for End to Practice of Federal Abandonment of Children in Arizona
Today, 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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