Napolitano taps disaster funds for counties, blasts feds on security

The Arizona Governor follows the New Mexico Governor here.The Arizona Republic reports:

Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday declared a state of emergency along Arizona's border with Mexico, freeing up $1.5 million in disaster funds to help border counties combat booming illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

Napolitano criticized the federal government for "moving too slow" on border security, evolving into a hot-button, election-year issue in Arizona and across the country.

"This is a federal responsibility, and they're not meeting it," Napolitano said. "I've just come to the conclusion (that) we've got to do what we can at the state level until the federal government picks up the pace."

This could become an issue which changes immigration policy in the Democratic and Republicans parties.Part of the Democratic base understands, that mass illegal immigration is artifically driving wages down of many Democrats.This could become the beginning of trend.Stay tuned.