Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Local Sheriff Witnesses Arizona Immigration Issues - Cincinnati breaking news, weather radar, traffic from 9News | Channel 9 WCPO.com



COCHISE COUNTY., Ariz. -- Butler County's Sheriff and a key state legislator are far from home looking for evidence and support for a tougher immigration law in Ohio.Sheriff Richard Jones and State Representative Courtney Combs (R-Butler County) are in Cochise County, Arizona on the border with Mexico.In a telephone interview with 9 News, Sheriff Jones said he could see the evidence at the border having witnessed videos of illegal immigrants crossing it within relatively close proximity to a Border Patrol station.Jones and Combs want Ohio to pass a law similar to Arizona's. That law gives local law enforcement officers the right to ask a suspect for proof of U.S. citizenship and allows them to enforce federal immigration laws.Jones says the illegal immigrants crossing the border in Arizona are not staying there. He says many of them are criminals and they are bringing crime to Ohio.Jones is not optimistic that the Ohio legislature will pass the anti-illegal immigration law he wants. That's why he is also supporting a push to put it before the voters in a statewide referendum.

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