PHOENIX – Former Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon recently appeared on "Live & Local" (KAAA FM 97.5 and KZZZ FM 94.1).

Salmon spoke with Mohave County Supervisor Hildy Angius and Dr. Lawrence Schiff about Operation Copper Shield, his initiative to secure Arizona's border by combating the drug cartels, human traffickers, and other criminals.

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You can read excerpts from the radio segment below:

MATT SALMON:
"I released a plan recently that I call 'Copper Shield,' and on Day One when I become governor I will call a state of emergency at the border. I will call the legislature into special session. I will ask them for $200 million – $140 million of ... which will go to put 1,200 armed National Guard members on the border to make sure that we stop people from coming across our border.

"And I believe we have this authority, because under Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution we are guaranteed by the federal government to be protected from invasion. They are not protecting us.

"And what's more: Once I do that, I'm going to add insult to injury and send the bill for that to the federal government, because they're not doing their job.

"Also, I'm going to take $50 million out of that $200 million and give it to our border county sheriffs and our border county attorneys so that we can prosecute those coming across the border for violating state laws – and I'm going ask the state legislature to beef up our criminal trespass laws so that we can incarcerate and send a message to the cartels: 'Not in Arizona.'"