Jill Buck is the Republican candidate for the 18th Assembly district.  She is unopposed in the primary and will face either Alameda Fire Chief Bill McCammon or Mary Hayashi in the general. She sent this statement on immigration out today in an "insiders only" e-mail (I know that she considers FR readers campaign insiders, plus she said it was okay to post this!).  Here’s this ex-Navy officer’s take on border control:

While I was in my twenties, I gave birth to three children. Each pregnancy was more difficult than the last, and the third trimester was always a tremendous physical challenge. What does that have to do with illegal immigration? Simply this…if women who are about to give birth can cross the border illegally in order to bring a U.S. citizen into the world, then an Al Qaeda operative can cross the border illegally in order to take a U.S. citizen out of the world.

Securing our nation’s borders is a matter of national security and public safety. I see this situation through a former military officer’s eyes. I am also the wife a former Marine Corps infantry officer, and the sister of a West Point graduate – so it’s almost belaboring the obvious to say that one of my family values is defending our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We simply cannot pretend that we are safe from terrorist infiltration as long as pregnant women are able to penetrate our borders.

There is no more fundamental and legitimate function of government than that of public safety. Therefore, in order to keep our citizens safe, we must restore order on the border, and ensure that only legal persons and goods come into this nation.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.