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Lawmaker proposes border road

Associated Press Nov. 24, 2005 12:00 AM

Building a road along Arizona's border with Mexico could stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States, a state lawmaker says.

Rep. Doug Quelland, R-Phoenix, said U.S. Border Patrol agents would be able to head off groups of immigrants before they enter the country if there were a road.

Quelland filed a bill last week asking Arizona to spend about $6 million on the road that would wind its way from Douglas to Yuma.

The road, which would not be open to the public, also would help deliver medical assistance quickly to those needing it.

"This is not just me being an ultraconservative, or whatever you want to label me," Quelland said. "This is also about me being a humanitarian."

Each year, dozens of immigrants die in Arizona's remote desert regions.

Money for the road would be evenly divided among the state's four border counties: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Yuma.

However, the bill severely restricts the state from building on Indian reservations, military bases, federal land and private property without the owner's permission.

Jose Garza, a spokesman for the Border Patrol, said the bill's restrictions would do little to help his agency where it needs it the most.