Jul 9, 2010 9 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Hopeful Wetback Times: Reporting from Washington —Arizona's law giving local police immigration enforcement powers is likely to be struck down, most legal experts predict, now that the Obama administration has gone to court asserting that it conflicts with federal law. They cite the longstanding principle that the federal government has exclusive control over immigration and that ...
Continue ReadingJul 8, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
PHOENIX (AP) - It would appear that the Department of Justice's decision to sue Arizona over Senate Bill 1070, the state's tough new immigration law, has resulted in a financial windfall for Gov. Jan Brewer's newly established "Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense" fund. Brewer formally created the cash repository via executive order on May ...
Continue ReadingJul 8, 2010 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Rasmussen: Voters by a two-to-one margin oppose the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Sixty-one percent (61%), in fact, favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state, up six points from two months ago. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that ...
Continue ReadingJul 7, 2010 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Hill: Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and John Cornyn (Texas) have sided with the state of Arizona in its battle with the Department of Justice over a controversial state immigration law. Graham’s declaration of opposition to the Justice Department law suit comes as a surprise because Graham called the Arizona law unconstitutional in April. Graham and Cornyn ...
Continue ReadingJul 7, 2010 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
New York Times: PHOENIX — For nearly 30 years, the governors of the states that line both sides of the United States-Mexico border have gathered to celebrate border bonhomie. They issue proclamations and pledges to work together, air grievances and concerns behind closed doors and pose for the cameras in symbolic showings of cooperation. But ...
Continue ReadingJul 7, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio thinks the president's speech did more harm than good. Arpaio says if Obama offers amnesty to millions of illegal people in this country, it will only invite others to cross the border. "Right now because of that speech were going to get more and more people crossing that ...
Continue ReadingJul 7, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Politico: The Obama administration's lawsuit over the stringent Arizona border law might have just made the incline a little steeper for many Western Democrats, providing instant fodder to Republicans who are already optimistic about regaining ground lost over the last two election cycles. The dust from the Department of Justice lawsuit filed Tuesday is just starting to ...
Continue ReadingJul 6, 2010 16 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Related: Black Panther Case: Whistleblower Accuses Justice Department Of Racism At Civil Rights Hearing - With Video PHOENIX (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and the state over the nation's ...
Continue ReadingJul 6, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
The Hill: Arizona Republicans say the administration would be wrong to sue their state over an immigration law. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) criticized the Justice Department on Tuesday for reportedly planning a lawsuit to overturn the Arizona immigration law. The criticism follows reports in the Washington Post and Associated Press that the Justice ...
Continue ReadingJul 6, 2010 16 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday he would favor immigration reform that would deport most of the residents of the United States who are here illegally.

 McCain, who at one point had been the top Republican advocate for immigration legislation promising a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants, said he favored establishing a guest ...
Continue ReadingJul 6, 2010 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Related: Former Justice Attorney Under Holder To Testify In Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case Washington Post: The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona on the grounds that the state's new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives, law enforcement sources said Monday. Related Video: Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com The lawsuit, which three sources said ...
Continue ReadingJul 6, 2010 27 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Well, just as they need to control law enforcement, the judiciary, and the governments in Mexico, the narco-insurgents now need to control them here, and have begun the process. The re-conquista is now in full, violent, swing, and the war is on. Who knows what American officials are already under their control, and ...
Continue ReadingJul 5, 2010 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The LA Times: Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court wrapped up its term last week after landmark decisions protecting the right to have a gun and the right of corporations to spend freely on elections. But the year's most important moment may have come on the January evening when the justices gathered at the Capitol ...
Continue ReadingJul 5, 2010 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Hill: Anticipating a furor of voter criticism over the July Fourth recess, Democratic lawmakers from the border region shot back at the White House last week, challenging the president’s speech on immigration in which he said that the southern border is secure. Arizona Democratic Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords joined a growing Republican ...
Continue ReadingJul 3, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: The mayor of Philadelphia is seeking to rally other city leaders behind blocking federal immigration authorities from accessing city arrest records over concerns about the city's agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The agreement to participate in ICE's Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS, will expire at the end of August ...
Continue ReadingJul 2, 2010 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
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Continue ReadingJul 2, 2010 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: A majority of American voters think the federal government should secure the country’s borders first, before Congress works on new immigration legislation. The Obama administration wants comprehensive immigration overhaul to come first, while Republican leaders are pushing for improved border security as the top priority. A Fox News poll released Friday asked American voters what ...
Continue ReadingJul 2, 2010 11 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Politico: Republicans greeted President Barack Obama’s call to arms on immigration reform Thursday with a demand of their own: that Obama visit the troubled U.S.-Mexico border and see for himself why it must be secured. It was a strong reaction to the president’s first policy speech on an issue that so far has defied a legislative solution. ...
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