Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise), left, and photo shared by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent John Modlin of illegal alien apprehensions on X | AZleg.gov / X
Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise), left, and photo shared by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent John Modlin of illegal alien apprehensions on X | AZleg.gov / X
Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) said ‘we are in the thick of an invasion” after the U.S. Border Patrol reported that 12,081 illegal aliens from 48 separate countries were apprehended in the Tucson Sector last week.
“Thanks to the Biden Administration's refusal to secure our border, the illegal activity – including an unprecedented amount of human smuggling and drug smuggling—are no longer mere issues,” Shamp told NW Valley Times. “We are in the thick of an invasion. It's time to take the handcuffs off our sheriffs who have been elected to protect the citizens of Arizona, which is why I introduced the Arizona Border Invasion Act – SB 1231.”
“Through both inaction and opposition, Democrat politicians are supporting the humanitarian crisis at our border,” said Shamp. “They're supporting the increase in human smuggling, sex trafficking, rape, murder, modern-day slavery, and the fentanyl crisis.”
SB 1231 makes it illegal for for a person to enter Arizona by crossing the U.S.-Mexico border outside of an official port of entry. It also would provide civil liability to state or local government officials who enforce the law.
The bill passed the Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security Committee on Feb. 7 on a party-line vote of 4-2, with all committee Republicans voting “yes.” Sens. Eva Burch (D-Mesa) and Anna Hernandez (D-Phoenix) both voted “no,” and Sen. Eva Diaz (D-Tolleson) did not vote.
Shamp was first elected to represent Arizona’s 29th Legislative District in Nov. 2022. She defeated Democrat David Raymer, winning 59 percent to Raymer’s 41 percent.
A resident of Surprise, Shamp graduated cum laude from Arizona State University and received her nursing degree, also graduating cum laude, from Grand Canyon University.
She is an operating room nurse, and said she was fired from her nursing position for refusing to take the “COVID” MRNA injection.
Arizona’s 29th Legislative District is entirely located within Maricopa County, west and northwest of Phoenix. The district stretches from Litchfield Park in the south to north of Morristown in the north, stopping to the east of Wickenburg. It includes Luke Air Force Base.
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