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The blog Seeing Red AZ ran a blog post earlier about Shawnna Bolick, candidate in LD11, which was inaccurate. It was in regards to her position on illegal immigration.  Shawnna attempted to post a comment correcting it, but the comment was not approved.  In an attempt to provide the full perspective on this issue, we are posting a response from Shawnna.  Shawnna is married to Clint Bolick, the libertarian leaning litigator for the Goldwater Institute.  As a libertarian, Clint does not always agree with Sheriff Arpaio on issues, such as certain illegal immigration issues. But for those of us who know this couple, we know that they don’t agree on everything, and Shawnna is more socially conservative than Clint.

We asked Shawnna her actual position on illegal immigration and border security. Here is what she had to say. She didn’t sound like an open borders proponent to us:

The federal government has let down all of the Border states. I believe in pro legal immigration. However, the rules of law for immigration and naturalization need to be followed and visa laws need to be enforced. I am in favor of securing the border. There is too much crime and drugs entering Arizona as a result of the lax in oversight and enforcement.

One of the worst things that could have happened in 2009 was to allow former Governor Janet Napolitano to become the Director of Homeland Security. As a result of her lack of oversight, the State of Arizona needs to do the following:

Ban sanctuary city policies to protect Arizona from the illegal incursions of our sovereign state;

deploy National Guard troops with authority to use all necessary military options to protect Arizonans from the illegal incursions of our sovereign state when a threat is imminent;

declare war on the drug cartels and human smuggling regimes in Mexico;

support effective law enforcement as a top priority of state government;

and get rid of amnesty.

It is too expensive allowing illegal immigrants to continue to live in this wonderful country of ours. We should not bear the burden of having illegal immigrants in our welfare system or cash poor education system. I have several friends who aren’t originally from the U.S.. However, they went through the necessary steps to become a legal citizen. And I applauded and celebrated the day they were an official U.S. citizen.

Also, we need to work to improve e-Verify. In the State of Arizona our small businesses and corporations rely on this federal government mandated system, yet employees who hire illegals unbenkownst to them are being penalized and fined because the system is so flawed.

If I was single and didn’t have children, one job I would want would be to be a Border patrol agent because I’m tough and I’m a rule follower.

1) Shawnna Bolick stands by the idea to ban sanctuary city policies to protect Arizona from the illegal incursions of our sovereign state;

2) Shawnna Bolick stands by the idea to deploy National Guard troops with authority to use all necessary military options to protect Arizonans from the illegal incursions of our sovereign state when a threat is imminent;

3) Shawnna Bolick stands by the idea to declare war on the drug cartels and human smuggling regimes in Mexico;

4) Shawnna Bolick stands by the idea to support effective law enforcement as a top priority of state government; and get rid of amnesty.

At Shawnna’s campaign kickoff, she said she might be a one-termer since she will be more committed to adhering to conservative principles than worrying about reelection. How many legislative candidates are willing to promise that?