This year’s annual gathering of Mexican and U.S. border state governors seemed star crossed from the start.
Scheduled for Phoenix this year, Arizona cancelled hosting the event after its toughest-in-the-nation anti-immigration law stirred protests and controversy. So New Mexico stepped in to play host. But the U.S. delegation kept dwindling. Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer and Texas Gov. Rick Perry decided against attending. But not to worry. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was scheduled to fly in. But he was a last-minute cancellation. That left Gov. Bill Richardson as the only U.S. border-state governor to greet governors from Mexican border states in Santa Fe on Sunday, the Albuquerque Journal reported.