Illegal Immigrants & Border Security

The cost of illegal immigration to Arizona is staggering - with the current estimate at more than $3 billion dollars. Those who’ve slipped across U.S. borders to reside in Arizona illegally weigh heavily on our health care, educational and prison systems - in addition to taking jobs now urgently needed by Arizona’s legal residents.

This drain on Arizona’s taxpayers and our State’s budget can no longer be tolerated. Illegal immigration is a violation of our federal and state laws. We cannot arbitrarily enforce some laws and not others. Karen will be a strong voice in our State Legislature, favoring:

• Swift action to effectively secure our borders to protect our citizens from terrorism, drugs and gang wars

• Deportation of illegal residents

• Severe penalties to those Arizona employers who willfully break the law by use of illegal-immigrant workers