Jul 29, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Arizona Republic: Sheriff Joe Arpaio postponed a crime sweep Thursday after diverting resources to the Fourth Avenue Jail, where a protest was to be held this afternoon. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said the sweep would still take place, probably about 4 p.m. During a news conference attended by a throng of international, national and local media ...
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Arizona Republic: More than a hundred protestors blocked Washington Street near Phoenix City Hall Thursday in a mass act of civil disobedience and anger over the enactment of Arizona's tough new immigration law. At least 14 were arrested and are confirmed in custody; more arrests are possible, as other groups of individuals are lying down in the ...
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The Washington Times: U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton miscalculated when she blocked critical aspects of Arizona's immigration enforcement law. Her decision will further intensify efforts by states to find solutions to problems posed by the Obama administration's unwillingness to take command of this pressing issue. The decision is certain to inflame the illegal immigration debate, ...
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New York Times: TUCSON — Dr. Bruce Parks unzips a white body bag on a steel gurney and gingerly lifts out a human skull and mandible, turning them over in his hands and examining the few teeth still in their sockets. The body bag, coated with dust, also contains a broken pelvis, a femur and a ...
Continue ReadingJul 28, 2010 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: While opponents of Arizona's strict immigration law are claiming victory in a federal ruling Wednesday that blocked most of the crackdown hours before its enactment, there's still plenty left in the state legislation that supporters are cheering. As the case is litigated, Arizona will be able to block state officials from so-called "sanctuary city" policies ...
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Washington Times: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer promised an expedited appeal Wednesday after a federal judge in Phoenix blocked the state's new immigration law, saying the provisions place too many burdens on legal immigrants, citizens and the federal government. Mrs. Bewer said she will "battle all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, for the right to ...
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Continue ReadingJul 28, 2010 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Counterproductive? What does that mean? Is he saying that the AZ law would result in more illegal aliens coming to Arizona and the country? Is he making a sinister reference to the fact that it is clearly counterproductive to the regime's agenda of flooding America with Democrat-voting Mexicans? Counterproductive to what ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration 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 ...
Continue ReadingJul 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: An anti-immigration group is calling on the Obama administration to ensure a smooth exit for illegal immigrants who are trying to leave the U.S. due to the weak economy and Arizona's strict new immigration law. Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is urging U.S. citizens to pressure the White House and the Homeland Security Department ...
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The Arizona Republic: We are now less than 48 hours until Senate Bill 1070 becomes the law of the state – unless, of course, Judge Susan Bolton nixes the whole thing. Already, the barricades are up at the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse where Bolton works, awaiting thousands of expected protestors. Busloads of folks will be coming ...
Continue ReadingJul 27, 2010 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Faced with expensive legal challenges, officials in the eastern Nebraska town of Fremont are considering suspending a voter-approved ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants until the lawsuits are resolved. The City Council narrowly rejected the ban in 2008, prompting supporters to gather enough signatures for the ballot measure. ...
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Phoenix (AP) Attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer asked a judge Monday to throw out the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the Arizona new immigration law. The governor's lawyers say the federal government hasn't shown that it has suffered actual harm from the law and instead bases its claim on mere speculation. The federal government say the state ...
Continue ReadingJul 26, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: Is illegal immigration bad for America's health? The simple answer is: Yes. If you look at the way that legal immigration is conducted around the world, it is always based on a set of checks and balances. One of those checks is the prevention of certain communicable diseases. Here is a list of things people applying ...
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The Arizona Republic: Arizona's new illegal-immigration enforcement law has raised a host of concerns from critics, but none more prevalent than the pervasive fear that the law will lead police officers to target those who look Hispanic. Those concerns are not unfounded. It has happened in Arizona before. Racial profiling - stopping and questioning individuals based strictly on ...
Continue ReadingJul 25, 2010 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Attorney Kris Kobach helped author the Arizona immigration law. Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington —Critics of the Obama administration's decision to sue Arizona over its new law to control illegal immigration accuse the government of overlooking a more obvious target: the dozens of cities that called themselves a "sanctuary" for immigrants. "Everyone has noticed the hypocrisy of ...
Continue ReadingJul 24, 2010 115 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
UPDATE 8: A good update to tide the interested over, as we are midstream: Mondo Frazier in today's Big Government: "The Story Has Neither Been Disproved Or Confirmed". More from me, to follow, it's taking time because I'm doing 5 other jobs, was out on the border with the AZ BP today, and have ...
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Arizona Republic: MEXICO CITY - From migrants to TV comedians, academics to charity workers, Mexico is abuzz over Arizona's new immigration law as the country prepares for a possible influx of deportees. Migrant shelters along the border say they're bracing for new arrivals after the law goes into effect on Thursday. The Mexican Consulate in Phoenix has ...
Continue ReadingJul 24, 2010 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Arizona Republic: U.S. Senator John McCain received a warm welcome from Gilbert community leaders and business professionals on Friday as he addressed a wide range of topics at a Gilbert Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts. McCain spent much of the time answering questions about immigration reform but also touched on ...
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