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AZ Appeals Order Blocking Parts Of Immigration Law
Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge’s order blocking most of the state’s immigration law as the city of Phoenix filled with protesters, including about 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton’s Wednesday decision halting the law “a bump in the road,” and the state appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday. Other provisions that were less contentious were allowed to take effect Thursday, including a section that bars cities in Arizona from disregarding federal immigration laws.
Kris Kobach, the University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped write the law and train Arizona police officers in immigration law, conceded the ruling weakens the force of Arizona’s efforts to crack down on illegal aliens. He said it will likely be a year before a federal appeals court decides the case. “It’s a temporary setback,” Kobach said. “The bottom line is that every lawyer in Judge Bolton’s court knows this is just the first pitch in a very long baseball game.” But a lawmaker in Utah said the state will likely take up a similar law anyway. “The ruling … should not be a reason for Utah to not move forward,” said Utah state Rep. Carl Wimmer, a Republican from Herriman City, who said he plans to co-sponsor a bill similar to Arizona’s next year and wasn’t surprised it was blocked. “For too long the states have cowered in the corner because of one ruling by one federal judge.” Story.
Out of state anarchists get arrested
Arizona helped deport thousands without new law
Officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. Statistics obtained by The Associated Press show that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was responsible for the deportation or forced departure of 26,146 immigrants since 2007. That’s about a quarter of the national total of 115,841 sent out of the U.S. by officers in 64 law enforcement agencies deputized to help enforce immigration laws, some since 2006, under the so-called 287(g) program. Story.
Dan Stein Discusses New Poll
Remember, November 2 is “Take out the trash day”
The following senators voted against making English the official language of America . (Republicans are in red.)
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Now, the following are senators who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. They are grouped by home state. If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative.
Alaska : Stevens (R)
Arizona : McCain (R)
Arkansas : Lincoln (D) Pryor (D)
California : Boxer (D) Feinstein (D)
Colorado : Salazar (D)
Connecticut : Dodd (D) Lieberman (D)
Delaware : Biden (D) Carper (D)
Florida : Martinez (R)
Hawaii : Akaka (D) Inouye (D)
Illinois : Durbin (D) Obama (D)
Indiana : Bayh (D) Lugar (R)
Iowa: Harkin (D)
Kansas : Brownback (R)
Louisiana: Landrieu (D)
Maryland : Mikulski (D) Sarbanes (D)
Massachusetts : Kennedy (D) Kerry (D)
Montana : Baucus (D)
Nebraska : Hagel (R)
Nevada: Reid (D)
New Jersey : Lautenberg (D) Menendez (D)
New Mexico : Bingaman (D)
New York : Clinton (D) Schumer (D)
North Dakota : Dorgan (D)
Ohio : DeWine (R) Voinovich(R)
Oregon : Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania : Specter (D)
Rhode Island : Chafee (R) Reed (D)
South Carolina : Graham (R)
South Dakota : Johnson (D)
Vermont : Jeffords (I) Leahy (D)
Washington : Cantwell (D) Murray (D)
West Virginia : Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting
Wisconsin : Feingold (D) Kohl (D)
Greed is legal in Arizona, scofflaw employers block E-Verify, why not lock them up and throw away the key?
Despite a state law requiring businesses to verify that all new employees are legal workers, only about half of new hires in Arizona have been vetted by a federal system that checks their status.
Only about a third of the state’s estimated 100,000 employers have even signed up for the E-Verify program. Penalizing businesses that hire illegals must be part of the strategy. Without the chance to hold a job, migrants’ incentive to live here drops, with the likelihood growing that they will leave the state. Story.
Phoenix civil disobedience schedule.
8:00 AM: MARCH TO THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE (N 4th Avenue and W Washington Street) - Proceed one mile from Cathedral to Federal Courthouse at 401 W Washington Street for direct action and civil disobedience. 9:00 AM AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY: DIRECT ACTION AT WELLS FARGO PLAZA (100 W Washington) 11:00 AM: CODEPINK TO BLOCK ICE HEADQUARTERS (2035 N Central)
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Don’t Comply idiots.
“Our message for that day is: ‘Don’t comply, don’t buy,”‘ said activist Liz Hourican, whose group, CodePink, plans to block the driveway for immigration offices in downtown Phoenix. More…
Actual ad on Craigs List calls for civil disobedience.
We are a group of concerned citizens seeking people willing to engage in peaceful civil disobedience by “posing” as “illegal immigrants” in key areas of the city. We will be pretending to look for work or driving around, kind of blocking traffic, looking for day laborers. The idea is to provoke local enforcement agencies to cite us and to ask for proof of legal status because of the way we look, act, speak, or refuse to answer their discriminating questions. You will not be responsible for any legal expenses as we have dozens of lawyers from Arizona and all over the country willing to represent us for free. The Obama’s DoJ will also be watching over us. The idea is publicly but peacefully humiliate our state and city governments for declaring war on their own citizens because of our race or country origin. The world will be watching, so we will also need people willing to videotape, take pictures, and documents the events. As the “Hate Date” approaches, we will provide a website for more information. Together we can defeat this Hate Law. Peaceful civil disobedience works, and they know it. The issue of racial profiling is part of their training already, but 1070 is about hate and racism, so they cannot get around it. They know we’ll be out there peacefully waiting…. Ignore the haters, stay strong, we shall overcome!
Tancredo IS running for Governor!
At 12:30 p.m., Tancredo confirmed he is seeking the nomination of the American Constitution Party, as their candidate for governor. Tancredo will register his new party affiliation with the Colorado Secretary of State and the party will form a vacancy committee to put him on the ballot by the end of the week, a spokeswoman said. More…
Illegals have their own HOTLINE in Arizona.
This line is used by individuals who are afraid to call police because they are in the country illegally, day laborers who weren’t paid for a day’s work by an employer or, people who believe they were racially profiled by law enforcement and those seeking the latest information about Arizona’s new immigration law. Guzman said they do not share the number with the general public because they have received hate calls when they’ve done so in the past. More….
See you this weekend!!
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY SUMMIT
JULY 30-31
ARIZONA STATE CAPITOL
On Thursday, July 29th, Arizona’s new immigration status enforcement law, known as SB 1070, will go into effect across the State of Arizona. Arizona will remove all “catch-and-release” policies in the state and require law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws. The next day, grassroots leaders, legislators and staffers will be joining Senator Russell Pearce and civil rights activist Ted Hayes in Phoenix to learn more about the new law and how similar laws can be enacted in other states. The National Immigration Policy Summit will feature an agenda packed full of top experts and activists on immigration issues, including a special live remote address from bestselling author, blogger, columnist and television commentator MICHELLE MALKIN, and many others.
Godwin’s Law II: ‘Racism’ Charge Loses Debate
We owe a great favor to Mike Godwin. Those of us who have spent any amount of time arguing nonsense on the Internet are familiar with Godwins Law. Briefly, Godwins Law states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches … given enough time, all discussions —regardless of topic or scope —inevitably wind up being about Hitler and the Nazis.”
The most wonderful aspect of Godwin is that “there is a tradition in many newsgroups, and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically ‘lost’ whatever debate was in progress.”
Illegals continue to leave Arizona. Thank you SB1070.
The two women are among scores of illegal immigrant families across Phoenix hauling the contents of their homes into the yard this weekend as they rush to sell up and get out before the state law takes effect on Thursday. More….
Sanctuary cities getting a break.
“Everyone has noticed the hypocrisy of the government going after Arizona and ignoring the sanctuary cities,” said Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. “They have it exactly backwards. Arizona is applying federal law, and sanctuary cities are violating it.” More….
Run Tom, Run. Please!!!!!
Former GOP Congressman Tom Tancredo issued an ultimatum Thursday to both Republican gubernatorial candidates: Drop out of the race or I will jump in as a third-party candidate. More….
Judge Slams Feds in SB 1070 hearing.
“Why can’t Arizona be as inhospitable as they wish to people who have entered the United States illegally?” she asked. More ….
HONDURAN MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS FOR THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND FALSE STATEMENT
PHOENIX – Rigoberto Bonilla, 57, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced on July 19,2010 to 30 months in prison for his conviction in March for ten counts of Theft of Government Funds and one count of False Statement to Federal Agents. Bonilla had been indicted for multiple counts related to his theft of approximately $78,000 in Social Security benefits that accrued in the last 13 years.
The case against Bonilla was based on an investigation by the Social Security Administration and the Office of the Inspector General, which indicated that since 1997 he had been obtaining funds from Social Security Administration under the alias Ernesto Molina- Rojas. Bonilla fraudulently submitted an application for Social Security benefits under false pretenses, obtaining funds and depositing them into his bank account. Bonilla also fraudulently obtained nearly $267,000 from Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona’s Medicaid Agency.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, and the Office of Criminal Investigations. The prosecution is being handled by Kevin M. Rapp, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
CASE NUMBER: CR-09-1583-PHX-SRB
RELEASE NUMBER: 2010-150(Bonilla)
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For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/az/
Fire illegals and use our Guest Worker program.
Gebbers has brought in 700 Mexicans and 300 Jamaican guest workers to work the fields through the fall harvest. It’s not cheap. Each Jamaican costs the company $2,600 just for transportation and housing. The workers are guaranteed $11 an hour and 30 hours per week. More….
Congress supports Arizona and SB1070
Eighty-one members of the House and Senate today filed an amicus brief refuting claims by the U.S. Department of Justice and other interest groups that Arizona’s new immigration enforcement policy is unconstitutional. More…..
Mexican Illegals leaving Arizona in droves.
“My students are about 90% undocumented,” he says, referring to the largely Mexican illegal aliens who attend his school. “Three months ago we’d have up to 200 students every day; now there are only 15. They are all leaving, or preparing to leave.” More…..
Illegals get AMNESTY again, NOW!!!!!
Officials announced last week that they are pushing back the deadline for illegal Haitian nationals living in the United States to apply for TPS, which would enable them to apply for work permits. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services authorities also said they are reviewing the possibility of extending the benefit, which defers deportation, to those who arrived shortly after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. More….
Rally in Arizona
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY SUMMIT
JULY 30-31
ARIZONA STATE CAPITOL
On Thursday, July 29th, Arizona’s new immigration status enforcement law, known as SB 1070, will go into effect across the State of Arizona. Arizona will remove all “catch-and-release” policies in the state and require law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws. The next day, grassroots leaders, legislators and staffers will be joining Senator Russell Pearce and civil rights activist Ted Hayes in Phoenix to learn more about the new law and how similar laws can be enacted in other states. The National Immigration Policy Summit will feature an agenda packed full of top experts and activists on immigration issues, including a special live remote address from bestselling author, blogger, columnist and television commentator MICHELLE MALKIN, and many others.
Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The first successful car bombing by a drug cartel brings a new dimension of terror to a Mexican border region already shocked by random street battles, bodies dangling from bridges and highway checkpoints mounted by heavily armed criminals.
The attack, seemingly lifted from an al-Qaida playbook, demonstrated once again that the cartels are a step ahead of both an already guarded public and federal police, who have recently taken over command from the military of the battle against traffickers in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas.
“It’s a lot like Iraq,” said Claudio Arjon, who owns a restaurant near the scene of the attack and was surveying the damage from behind police lines Saturday morning. “Now, things are very different. It’s very different. It’s very ugly.”
Armed Escorts to Accompany New Mexico Livestock Inspectors
When inspectors in New Mexico begin surveying 32 livestock scales along the increasingly dangerous Mexican border later this month, they’ll have armed escorts at their sides.
It will mark the first time armed deputies will travel with New Mexico Department of Agriculture inspectors, who certify the scales used to weigh livestock, Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos said.
“These scales that the ranchers use to ship their cattle are in isolated areas,” Cobos told FoxNews.com. “And the administration decided since those inspectors and personnel are not armed, they wanted to be able to concentrate on their work without worrying about their security.”
Cobos said that beginning on July 26, deputies will accompany inspectors to the scales in a corridor that stretches southwest from Interstate 10 at Las Cruces to the New Mexico-Arizona border, along Luna, Hidalgo and Grant counties.
Mr. Obama. Thanks for nothing.
You would think by reading the headlines, that California and Obama are really trying to secure the border. If you are somewhat good at math, take 260 and divide it by 23,000. That’s less than .002% of the CA National Guard resources available. Give us a break. More, More.. and More…
Feds follow Arpaio’s lead, partially.
Immigration officials say tips from the public are among the ways they target employers for audits. The only difference, Arpaio goes in and removes the illegals. Immigration officials in the past 10 months have warned 25 businesses in New Jersey that they may face fines if they failed to ensure that their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. More….
CBP Officers Seize $216,000 of Marijuana
DOUGLAS, Arizona —U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a drug smuggling attempt when they seized 135 pounds of marijuana concealed in the gas tank of a vehicle being driven by a 24-year-old man.
On July 15, CBP officers were screening traffic coming from Mexico. The officers selected a 1998 Chevy Tahoe for inspection. The vehicle was being driven by a 24-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. With the assistance of a Narcotics Detection K-9 team the officers discovered that the gas tank contained metal boxes full of marijuana. The total weight of marijuana was 135 pounds with an estimated street value of $216,000.
CBP officers seized the vehicle and the marijuana. The man was turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation.
The Office of Field Operations is responsible for securing our borders at the ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers’ primary mission is anti-terrorism; they screen all people, vehicles, and goods entering the United States, while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel into and out of the United States. Their mission also includes carrying out traditional border-related responsibilities, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration law, protecting the nation’s food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases, and enforcing trade laws.
While anti-terrorism is the primary mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the inspection process at the ports of entry associated with this mission results in impressive numbers of enforcement actions in all categories.
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Huge Phoenix Rally July 31st.
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY SUMMIT
JULY 30-31
ARIZONA STATE CAPITOL
On Thursday, July 29th, Arizona’s new immigration status enforcement law, known as SB 1070, will go into effect across the State of Arizona. Arizona will remove all “catch-and-release” policies in the state and require law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws. The next day, grassroots leaders, legislators and staffers will be joining Senator Russell Pearce and civil rights activist Ted Hayes in Phoenix to learn more about the new law and how similar laws can be enacted in other states. The National Immigration Policy Summit will feature an agenda packed full of top experts and activists on immigration issues, including a special live remote address from bestselling author, blogger, columnist and television commentator MICHELLE MALKIN, and many others.
Who says we can’t deport illegals?
Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring. This article shows that we CAN deport all the illegals. in 2009 we deported almost 400,000. If we secured the border, we could rid ourselves of the problem in no time. If only Washington really wanted to fix the problem! More…..