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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson, Pearce Join Push for Guardsmen on Border July 23, 2007
 

Associated Press
Two of New Mexico's U.S. House members have added their voices to a request by Sen. Jeff Bingaman not to reduce the number of National Guard troops stationed along the state's border with Mexico.

Reps. Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson, both R-N.M., sent a letter to President Bush requesting that Guard numbers along the border stay at the current level.

Bingaman, D-N.M., said in a letter to Bush early last week that the Guard should remain along the border until more Customs and Border Patrol agents have been trained and assigned to the area in 2008.

Pearce and Wilson said the Guard is making a significant difference in border security and reducing illegal crossings. They also said it helps deter gang violence from Mexico spilling over into New Mexico.

"By maintaining our levels of National Guardsmen deployed to the northern and southwestern borders, (it) will delay or stop drug dealers, human traffickers and terrorists from entering this country," they wrote. "To do less will increase the danger to our citizens."

The National Guard has been helping with border security by building barriers, monitoring surveillance cameras and maintaining roads.

Bingaman's letter also cited the reduction in the number of immigrants illegally crossing the border since the deployment of Guard troops there in May 2006.

"I am concerned that if we prematurely reduce the number of Guard personnel it will be difficult to maintain recent achievements," he wrote.
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