Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu wants to know why there are far more troops deployed at the Korean border than at the U.S.-Mexico border while his county is being overrun by illegals.
Babeu, who was named the 2011 National Sheriff of the Year by the National Sheriffs’ Association on June 19, noted that there are 28,500 American troops stationed in South Korea to help defend against North Korea, and U.S. troops have been there for 58 years.
But only 520 National Guardsmen are deployed in Arizona, which has a 276-mile border with Mexico.
Babeu is sheriff of Pinal County, between Tucson and Phoenix and 80 miles north of the Mexican border. His officers regularly confront illegal aliens, human traffickers, drug smugglers and potential terrorists.
The Obama administration recently announced that it would extend the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops along the border for three months, but Babeu charged that those numbers “fall far short” of what is needed.
“We need 6,000 armed soldiers on our borders to protect America,” Babeu told CNS News.
“Homeland Security starts at home. The gravest national security risk that we face is right here with the unsecure border with Mexico.”
Babeu said the 6,000 troops should be deployed for a two-year period, including 3,000 in Arizona and 1,000 in each of the other three border states.
Babeu said in an interview with Newsmax last year that his deputies routinely face drug gangs armed with AK-47 automatic rifles. He also said that more than 20 percent of illegals passing through his county are OTMs — Border Patrol jargon for “other than Mexicans” — and some are coming from “nations of interest” known for terrorists, such as Iran, Yemen, Somalia, and Jordan.
Babeu told CNS News about his recent award: “I think it has everything to do with us standing up for America, standing up for the rule of law and not being shouted down by the president and his men trying to make like somehow we’re being un-American for enforcing the law and wanting a secure border.”
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