Goddard Secures Administration Commitment for $500 million for National Guard, Border Security

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Press release from the Terry Goddard for Governor campaign:

Phoenix — Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today that the President will ask Congress for a $500 million appropriation to deploy the National Guard and pay for other Border Security and crime-fighting measures.

This action comes after Goddard's aggressive advocacy on behalf of Arizona, including repeated calls for Federal action delivered in Congressional testimony, and letters to the Obama Adminstration.  

This Federal action adds more resources to the $50 million in law enforcement funds that Goddard secured in his February settlement with Western Union.

Goddard has led the fight against border crime committed by drug- and human-smuggling cartels.  He has targeted wire transfers of cartel profits, seized cartel assets and prosecuted human smugglers.

Today's announcement is another step in his fight against border crime.