Flake’s DC chum brags “I drafted amnesty language for WH”

Radical leftist U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago politician well known to Barack Obama, and with close ties to AZ Congressman Jeff Flake, has told a group of constituents that Obama told him in December 2010 that comprehensive immigration reform could not be achieved legislatively because of Democrat fears of losing future elections. As an alternative Obama suggested exploring administrative options to accomplish their mutual goals. Gutierrez then crowed “I drafted amnesty language for the White House.

Read the Daily Caller’s cogent exposé here for a close-up look at the machinations of the open border/amnesty crowd along with the backing of the extremists at the racist organization La Raza (The Race).

And as you digest this article, think of the man who is running for the AZ senate seat, occupied for decades by Jon Kyl, reliably limp on border security except during an election year, when he revs up his tough talking machine.

Jeff Flake presents himself to his East Valley constituents as a jocular sort, who has made his ardent harping against “earmarks” his cause célèbre. Never mind that his crusade has been unremarkable. Speaking at libertarian-leaning Reason Magazine’s 40th anniversary bash in November ’08 Flake explained why the GOP got what it had coming to them in ’06 and ’08: His exact words: ‘The tone and tenor of the immigration debate has done the Republican Party immeasurable damage and focusing on social issues while ignoring our principles on limited government and free markets will not broaden our base.”

Flake was, after all the onetime executive director of the Goldwater Institute, a liberation think tank.

His words are reminiscent of those of former U.S. Rep. John Shadegg who in an interview with the New York Times, described Arizona Republicans desirous of a secure national border as “xenophobic and intolerant.”

These are congressional representatives of the citizens of the United States, who ran and were elected as Republicans.

Longtime readers of Seeing Red AZ will remember Luis Gutierrez as Jeff Flake’s comrade on issues such as amnesty and the farcical DREAM ACT, which rewards those here illegally. This blog has an entire category devoted to Jeff Flake’s preening arrogance, left-of-center positions, McCain-like flip-flops and liberal associates.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez actually commends Flake for “helping him turn more red states blue“ in this article in Progress Illinois. Is this the trait Arizona Republicans are looking for in their next U.S. Senator?

Illegal immigration down? Really?

An SUV stuffed with 11 illegal aliens slammed into a brick wall during a high-speed chase as the vehicle was fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents early this morning. The agents were following two vehicles in Casa Grande when the crash occurred. Four people died and 7 were injured following the crash which took place as the driver lost control while trying to negotiate a corner.  The brick wall surrounded a home that was– fortunately — unoccupied.  A Deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said the vehicle  reached speeds of 100 mph before the driver lost control.

Still, the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic) repeatedly assures its few remaining readers that Arizona’s illegal population has “plunged” in recent years. The newspaper cites a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report to bolster its contention. 

Reminder to Arizona newcomers: Janet Napolitano, who previously was the state’s liberal and veto-prone governor now heads up DHS where she has played politics to the hilt and done nothing to eradicate the massive influx. Napolitano gained notoriety for her laxness on the issue of enforcement and was known for her blasé retort when frustrated Arizonans pleaded for border action: “Show me a 50-foot fence, and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder.” (lower your voice several decibels to sound more authentically Napolitano-like.)

Obama’s frightful ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

Porous border emphasizes vulnerability

The Blaze exposes how radical Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood, are infiltrating American government at its highest levels. Groups including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood, are gaining a foothold in America.

Read this overview of each of the radical Islamists who have found their place — in some manner, shape or form — at the Obama administration’s table.

The Foundry reports the Obama administration has essentially declared the war on terror over. Many will recall that within weeks of his election Obama began courting the Muslim community and curtailing language in the process, as the “war on terror’ morphed into a “twilight struggle.”

Conservative U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) has been outspoken on the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups influencing U.S. strategy.

We have previously reported that Hezbollah has found a niche in Mexican border towns.  San Diego’s 10News ran this shocking coverage and accompanying video nearly a year ago.

Even the liberal Los Angeles Times surprised with this editorial taking the Obama White House to task for what the newspaper calls “An implausible plan to fight terrorism through community outreach.”

Over a decade ago, WND reported in an article titled Arab terrorists crossing border, that there has been a “tremendous increase in OTM’s (border lingo for Other Than Mexicans). Illegals from the former Soviet Union, Asia, and the Middle East are joining the flood of Mexicans, Central and South Americans — all slipping in through our incredibly accessible and porous Southern border. Apprehensions have included illegals from the Sudan, Iran, and even Iraq.”

Knowledge is power. Read these articles. Click on these links. Make the time. You can’t afford not to. Your family’s future and that of our nation depends on it.

AZ turns to U. S. Supreme Court for relief

Today marks a much awaited legal milestone. Arizonans will be paying close attention to the oral arguments made to the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States. The case concerns Arizona’s attempt to aid the federal government in restricting the flow of illegal immigration and the Obama Administration’s problematic lawsuit against the State of Arizona brought by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Video) within weeks of passage of SB 1070.

Eight  Justices — former Solicitor General Elena Kagan has recused herself due to prior involvement on the issue on behalf of the administration — will decide whether the federal government’s lack of enforcement — precludes Arizona’s efforts at cooperative law enforcement through the passage of the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act — more popularly known as SB 1070, which mirrors federal law.

Congress has acknowledged that federal, state, and local law enforcement must work together to combat the influx of foreign nationals into our country.

The Heritage Foundation’s Elizabeth Garvey provides an excellent overview of the case, titled  Supreme Court Immigration Showdown: Why States Can Enforce Immigration Laws.

Transcripts will he posted here on the same day an argument is heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The audio recordings of all oral arguments are available to the public at the end of each argument week. Listen here.

The Court generally hears two one-hour arguments a day, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is a three-hour time difference between Washington D.C. and Arizona.

Follow Live Blogging from the Court via WSJ’s Washington Wire.

Cardon v. Flake: Stark differences on illegal immigration

Critical issue begs for action

This is the responsible position held by AZ U.S. Senate Candidate Wil Cardon:  

This is amnesty supporter Jeff Flake: 

Seeing Red AZ has written numerous posts on the duplicitous Jeff Flake, even dedicating an entire category to him which can be accessed on the right-hand side of the page. For an overview, check out the links in this post titled, Career politician Jeff Flake exposed.

Jeff Flake has allowed our border to go unprotected and our illegal immigration issues unresolved for over a decade. As a result, Arizona’s 370-mile stretch has become a source of real and present danger to our state and our nation.

Jeff Flake and his pro-amnesty, pro-illegal immigrant friends in Washington (read last four paragraphs to see how Jeff Flake is helping “turn more red states blue.”) have failed miserably when it comes to securing our nation’s border — threatening our safety, our quality of life and  economic opportunities for hardworking American citizens.

We have a real choice. Please do your part to insure the rule of law is enforced. Jon Kyl, who is retiring from the U.S. Senate, has been in Washington since 1987 — since he was 45 years old. Jeff Flake has been in Congress since he was 39. It could be decades before we get another opportunity and by then the irreversible damage will have been done.

Zimmerman case fast-tracked; Ft Hood mass murderer? Not yet

Could face life in prison if convicted

The antics and threats of the Black Panthers, the Revs. Sharpton, Jackson and now career-criminal Michael Tyson have guaranteed that George Zimmerman — now charged with second degree murder in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin –  will get a fast-tracked trial.  Arraignment is scheduled for May 29. Even Barack Obama got involved, referring to Martin as his “son.”

The murder charge could send Zimmerman to prison for life if he’s convicted. Manslaughter, which usually carries a 15-year prison term, covers reckless or negligent killings. Zimmerman made his first court appearance today.

Watch for this case to proceed faster than that of radicalized U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was responsible for the November 2009 slaughter of 14 (including an unborn baby) and wounding of 31 fellow soldiers. Obama and Holder refused to bring the Muslim U.S. Army psychiatrist to trial for the Fort Hood massacre. As he released a barrage of deadly bullets, Hasan  shouted “Allahu Akbar!” (Allah is greater!)   But was it a “hate crime?” Not to this administration. They managed to configure the bloodbath  as “workplace related.” Hasan is still being held in Bell County jail in Beltan, Texas (page 39 of inmate search) listed with “Offense Unknown.” His case has never gone to trial.

Soon after the Foot Hood attack, American born and educated imam Anwar al-Awlaki praised his friend Hasan for the shooting, encouraged other Muslims serving in the military to “follow in the footsteps of men like Nidal.”  Calling him “a hero,” he said “Nidal killed soldiers who were about to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in order to kill Muslims.”

But politically correct silence rang out from the administration. In fact Obama waited to specifically address the massacre. He only did so later, and three minutes into a speech at a Native American tribal conference. Obama steadfastly refused to acknowledge Islamic terrorism as having a role in the shooting.

Finally in the most muted terms and twisting the carnage to fit the administration’s pro-Muslim agenda, Janet Napolitano, Homeland INsecurity chieftain, took the same approach, saying “This was an individual who does not, obviously, represent the Muslim faith.”

Apparently the words “Allahu Akbar!” accompanying the deadly rampage meant nothing.

But in the case of Martin’s death, George Zimmerman, patrolling as he did neighborhood block watch security, will be held out as the golden nugget to placate the unruly mob. Make no mistake; this is race-baiting with a veneer of political correctness, configured to coincide with Obama’s reelection campaign.

Stealth Amnesty: Napolitano assures Dem vote

The Federal Register which bills itself as the “Daily Journal of the U.S. Government,” reports on another immigration policy change from Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Insecurity.

It carries the incomprehensible and calculatingly deceptive title: “Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives,” as it turns the United State’s immigration policy on its head.

Read the summary here. The double talk is astonishing. But make no mistake, this is an in-your-face government approved chain migration* with a flare. We hear once more, now from the stridently secular Obama administration, the whine most often associated with faith-based groups, calling for the “reunification” of families. “We can’t tear families apart” is the cry.  Missing is any acknowledgment that families would not be separated if they all either stay home or return home together.

The Obama Administration, facing a contentious 2012 campaign is working behind the scenes to halt the deportation of certain illegal aliens by granting them “unlawful presence waivers.”  If you suspect there could be accompanying election shenanigans, you move to the front of the class. This undercover video shows the ease with which voter fraud can be accomplished, with our own government’s acquiescence.

Judicial Watch’s Corruption Chronicles blog explains this latest scam on the American people:

“Currently such aliens must return to their native country and request a waiver of inadmissibility in an existing overseas immigrant visa process. In other words, they must enter the U.S. legally as thousands of foreigners do on a yearly basis. Besides the obvious security issues, changing this would be like rewarding bad behavior in a child. It doesn’t make sense.”  Read the rest of the exposé here.

* For an excellent depiction of chain migration, take time to view this clarifying visual and accompanying explanation, showing the impact of a single “employment-based” immigrant admission under this plan. NumbersUSA has more on the issue here.

Take the time to acquaint yourself with this important issue.  Then get active.  Speak up. There won’t be any do-overs.

AZ República spins for Mexico, ignores facts

Another bizarre editorial in this morning’s newspaper. This one, filled with cutesy colloquialisms is titled “Arizona missing out on rewards.” It begins: “For cryin’ out loud, people. This should never have happened. It could have been Arizona. But no. Texas gets the attaboys for cashing in on the benefits of a shared international border. And we do mean benefits.”

Arizona is accused of getting “sidetracked” making news “for being tough on” illegal aliens,* “while Texas was rustlin’ up some business. And we do mean business,” states the editorialist who sounds suspiciously like Linda Valdez, Mexico’s lead cheerleader drawing a paycheck at the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic).

“Arizona could write a primer on what not to do,” we are told.

Some pertinent facts are missing as Arizona is scolded for not engaging in more trade with our not-so-neighborly neighbor to the south.

Facts: Organized crime-related deaths in the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the first nine months of 2011 exceeded the number of Afghan civilians killed in roughly the same period in all of war-torn Afghanistan. Chihuahua borders Texas and New Mexico. The Mexican government acknowledged from January through September last year, 2,276 deaths were recorded in Chihuahua.

Again comparing the Mexican and Afghanistan figures, 11,007 Afghan civilians were killed from 2007 through October 2011. That is about 80 percent fewer deaths than the 47,515 drug-related murders in Mexico over roughly the same period  — numbers substantiated by the U.S. Department of State in its tactfully worded, yet still alarming travel warning for Mexico. Begin under the heading “General Conditions.” Read carefully our government’s alert stating U.S. citizens have fallen victim to Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) activity, including homicide, gun battles, kidnapping, carjacking and highway robbery.

There were more organized crime-related killings in Chihuahua than in any other Mexican state, according to the government figures. Chihuahua, the largest state in Mexico, includes Ciudad Juarez, a border city located across from El Paso, Texas. It is the deadliest city in Mexico and is considered one of the most dangerous places in the entire world.

Although eight decapitated bodies were recently found in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, the Republic’s editorial ends with, “Time’s awastin’ people.”  It should more accurately read, “Mexico’s wasting people.”

*The daily refuses to use the term “illegal aliens,” instead calling the illegal invaders (watch shocking embedded video) “immigrants.” True immigrants come legally and unreservedly become proud, acclimated U.S. citizens.  Our popular glossary offers a valuable assist in deciphering the local newspaper’s terminology.

ICE falls in Obama, Napolitano mode

Unenforced laws are meaningless

The decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials not to deport six illegal alien demonstrators arrested Tuesday after protesting in front of Trevor Browne High School and obstructing traffic for more than two hours is not unique to Phoenix.

This is a repeat of contrived and practiced performances all around the United States as those in the U.S. illegally make demands, aggressively blocking busy roadways while chanting “Support the DREAM Act!” and “We will no longer remain in the shadows.” As an example, this was the scene in Georgia during a protest of immigration reform legislation. Seven protestors boldly disclosed their illegal status, knowing they would face no penalty.

In a statement ICE said, “Upon further review, ICE has determined that these individuals do not fall under ICE’s enforcement priorities and the agency has lifted the previously lodged detainers. ICE is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens, recent border crossers and egregious immigration law violators, such as those who have been previously removed from the United States.”

“Smart and effective…priorities?” Could those include getting out the vote for Obama from a grateful new voter base? Democrats, including Jeff Flake’s liberal Democrat congressional chum Luis Gutierrez, cheered the lenient policy. Gutierrez is the one who complimented Flake for helping “turn more red states blue.“ (Read fourth paragraph from bottom of linked article to the end.)

Homeland INsecurity Secretary Janet Napolitano has sent a clear signal that “student demonstrators” who could qualify for the nightmarish DREAM Act are not an enforcement priority for ICE. Under government directives, ICE officials now say their focus centers on deporting violent illegals.

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) has just released its list of endorsed federal candidates for 2012. The list of 125 candidates will continually be updated   These incumbent members of Congress are those ALIPAC has supported due to their support for the existing border and immigration laws, rather than replacement laws that would exacerbate illegal immigration, such as Dream or Comprehensive Amnesty plans.

A group called Dream Activist, an online organization based in several states, has organized acts of civil disobedience in numerous cities in recent years. This page links to the organized training received by illegal youth to demand college tuition, and conduct protests. The guide book can be seen here.

Facts fly in the face of Janet Napolitano

Mexican meth labs flourishing, imports to U.S. soar

MSNBC, hardly a bastion of conservative thought, reports that the number of methamphetamine “super labs” seized by Mexican authorities has surged in the last five years while shipments of the drug across the border have also continued to grow, according to government statistics. But Homeland Insecurity Chieftain, Janet Napolitano, continues to claim  “the border has never been more secure.”

“There is a perception that the border is worse now than it ever has been,” Napolitano said at the l Paso border crossing last April. “That is wrong. The border is better now than it ever has been.”

Arizona border Sheriff Larry Dever noted at the time that his agents were ordered “not to catch anyone or arrest anyone,” the Cochise County Sheriff said. “[They were told] their job was to set up posture, to intimidate people, to get them to go back.”

The increase in drug trafficking highlights how Mexico’s cartels have expanded beyond their previous focus of exporting cocaine, heroin and marijuana by transforming their operations to also make methamphetamines on an industrial scale. Methamphetamine is an extremely addictive drug with disastrous affects on users, including severe paranoia, addiction, and psychotic behavior. Damage to the brain caused by meth usage is similar to Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and epilepsy. More on the extreme dangers of the drug can be read here.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has observed “a sustained upward trend in Mexican methamphetamine availability in U.S. markets.” Research by the U.S. government also shows that methamphetamine prices are falling and that the purity level of seizures is rising. China and India are the main countries involved in the trafficking of key precursor chemicals — used in Mexico’s manufacturing of the drug.

Read more here.