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Arizona countersues federal government over border security

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(CNN) — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced Thursday her state has filed a countersuit against the federal government, seeking the authority to implement its own border security efforts.

“Security and border control is by far the number one issue right now in Arizona,” Brewer said at a news conference. “Illegal immigration is costing us a billion dollars, a billion dollars a year to maintain the level we’re at and the federal government sits by and does nothing.”

Homeland Security Department spokesman Matt Chandler called Arizona’s court claim a “meritless” one that “does nothing to secure the border.”

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