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# Schwarzenegger Apologizes for Border Closure Remark; Readers Weigh In on Immigration
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/042605-story/
- Published: 2005-04-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:46:51.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger apologized last week for suggesting that California’s border with Mexico be closed in an effort to solve the nation’s illegal immigration problem. Schwarzenegger insisted that he misspoke to newspaper editors and publishers, intending to say the border should be secured.

The comments thrust the issue of illegal immigrants in the United States back to the fore, so this week, Q-Line wants to know: What steps, if any, should the United States take to quell the rush of illegal immigrants into the United States via the southern border?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 26, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042605.pdf?ref=smdp.com)