Imposing E-Verify system nationwide would be ‘disastrous’

So says the daily’s editorial writer, Linda Valdez

She writes: House Democratic leaders may not support the piecemeal. enforcement-only approach to immigration reform being proposed by Rep. Heath Shuler (D -NC) . But that’s minor consolation considering they have done little to push the comprehensive reform since taking the majority role.

Valdez continues: At least Arizona’s (Democrat) Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gets it. She says it would be “disastrous” to go along with Shuler’s plan to impose the flawed E-Verify system nationwide.

Valdez, an unabashed liberal and open borders advocate, appears to find it difficult to abide a Democrat such as Rep. Shuler, who actually supports border enforcement, including employer verification of new hires. She obviously supports Gifford’s contention that the simple-to-use E-Verify system is “burdensome.”

The only word Valdez omitted when referring to principled Democrat Shuler was “Heretic!”

LAW / SOLE Initiative Notary Meeting

Monday, May 12, American-Italian Club

7509 N. 12th Street, Phoenix, AZ

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Initiative petitions notarized
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Guest Speakers

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas will be speaking about their efforts to enforce the laws of Arizona and the United States.

Come and thank these two outstanding Republican law enforcement professionals for their efforts on behalf of the citizens of Maricopa County.

Please bring your petitions for LAW and SOLE.  Notaries will be available from 5:30 pm to 7:00 to notarize petitions.

RSVP: (602) 863-3050 or (602) 569-5318.

Illegal Update

Just a few more good people coming to do the work Americans refuse to do

A Mesa drop house raid yields 13 illegal aliens. The East Valley Tribune configures the article to illicit sympathy for the illegals, who they tell us “were possibly also being held there against their wills.”

“Some of the immigrants were bruised and slightly dehydrated when deputies arrived, but none appeared to have received the brutal treatment that sometimes occurs at drop houses,” the article goes on. And, the two bedroom house, had “just one bathroom.”

This quote comes from a neighbor: “I’ve seen the people. They don’t appear to be bad people.”

Well, then, that settles it.

To keep things in perspective, it’s worth remembering that the people in the house paid “coyotes” to illicitly transport them into the United States in violation of the laws of our sovereign nation. They were not picked up against their will and forced to accompany the transporters–they are co-conspirators in criminal activity–regardless of how the paper constructs the scenario.

Tedium: Republic style

Another anti-Arpaio editorial. The newspaper titles it, Make Joe do it.

The thrust is that as Sheriff Joe Arpaio concentrates on neighborhood crime sweeps, warrants are going unserved. The daily’s spin machine would make one think murderers are roaming the streets as he directs his efforts to rounding up innocents whose only crime is criminally entering our country.

The editorial writer is so committed to heaping on the sheriff, that former county attorney Rick Romley has been hauled out of the political graveyard to help make their case.

A couple of pertinent details are missing:

1. Oddly omitted is the fact that during his years in office, Romley carried a grudge against the sheriff that essentially disabled interaction between the two enforcement agencies. Under County Attorney Andrew Thomas, they now work amicably. For Romley to say the number of outstanding warrants has escalated over the past years begs the question of what was happening during his intractable 16-year tenure. Thomas has been in office less than four years.

2. It is also worth noting that police agencies don’t routinely make active searches for people who have outstanding warrants. Often the warrants are issued for such minor infractions as not showing up for a traffic ticket. Warrants are frequently discovered when the suspect is stopped for another reason and once their identification is run, the warrant shows up as outstanding.

Chicanery, trickery and deception appear to be the order of the day in Republicland.

A mere $400,000 in taxpayer dollars will pacify ACLU lawyer

Daniel Pochoda, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of AZ (ACLU) has named Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas,  Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other employees of the agencies in his notice of claim, a precursor to a lawsuit.

Last November, Pochoda was arrested for trespassing in the parking lot of M.D. Pruitt’s Furniture store as supporters of illegal immigration were demonstrating in front of the store, in an ongoing effort to block customer access to the business. Sheriff’s deputies were working security at the scene.

A sheriff’s report indicates that prior to his arrest, Pochoda engaged in a verbal confrontation with deputies about his right to be in the parking lot. He refused repeated opportunities to leave the premises on his own, according to a report in the daily.

Thomas released a statement tying Pochoda’s legal claim to the ACLU’s opposition to a state law denying bail to illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes. The ACLU and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) brought a class-action lawsuit in federal court challenging Proposition 100 last month.

“We will not be deterred from enforcing Proposition 100, nor will we be intimidated into giving preferential treatment to ACLU defendants,” Thomas’s statement read.

Pochoda has offered to settle the case for $400,000.

Piling on Arpaio: Parte Cuatro, Parte Cinco

Today, the daily treats us to a couple of more articles intended to sucker punch Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The first article discusses the options for police protection the one-square mile, economically depressed town of Guadalupe is considering in view of the likely pullout of Arpaio’s MCSO force— which has had a longstanding contract with the town of 5,500 people.

The daily put it this way: The alternates include using private security, creating a police department, contracting with Tempe or Phoenix for police protection or keeping the Sheriff’s Office. Residents attending the meeting roundly booed the final option.

The second article deals with arrest warrants, which the daily asserts are piling up, as the sheriff concentrates on neighborhood patrols. Pertinent facets of the story get a liberal coating if the daily’s slickest gloss-over.

To quote the venerable Ronald Reagan, “There you go again.”

The daily is determined to sink Arpaio. But his numbers are too high and theirs are too low to negatively impact him.

Illegal Update

Just a few more good people coming to do the work Americans refuse to do

The Phoenix Police Department has arrested 87 illegal aliens and a stash of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, guns and $200,000 in cash in a raid dubbed ‘Operation Piano Man.’

Police said those arrested had maintained a very well organized drug smuggling operation and an established list of customers that included teenagers and young adults in the east Phoenix area. The dealers, bringing drugs in from Mexico, have been operating in the Valley for over ten years, making approximately $8 - 10 thousand dollars a day.

After the arrest of the dealers, police undercover officers launched the second phase of the operation in which they delivered and sold various drugs to customers. Dozens of people were arrested as they attempted to purchase drugs. KPHO Channel Five carries the complete story along with a video clip.

A testament to educational excellence with a liberal dose of hubris

Charles Ray Fuller, 21, a man long on nerve and short on smarts, has been arrested for attempting to pass a $360 BILLION check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend’s mother to start a record business, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Illegal update—and then some

Just another good man coming “to do the work Americans refuse to do”

An 18-year-old man has been accused of impregnating an 11-year-old child, according to KPHO Channel 5.

Enrique Jacobo-Valdez, an illegal alien, has been booked in a Maricopa County jail on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. He had been living with the girl’s family for the past four years..

Pinal County authorities have been looking for Jacobo-Valdez in relation to a drug case.

The young girl lives in the Rainbow Valley area of the Southwest Valley, where Jacobo-Valdez was seen fleeing from the home after deputies knocked on the door.

He was arrested after the child’s mother and grandmother took her to a hospital and learned that she is at least six weeks pregnant and has been infected with a sexually transmitted disease as the result of the rapes.

Jacobo-Valdez made statements to authorities admitting he knew that the girl was only 11.

Although this shocking story was given complete coverage on KPHO, the daily Fish-wrapper accorded it minimum status, with placement on page two of the Valley section, under a single column of West Valley incidents, stacked like cordwood at the bottom of the page. The daily also neglected to mention the fact that the child rapist is an illegal.

What a surprise.

Piling on Arpaio, Parte Tres

To quote the venerable Ronald Reagan, “There you go again.”

The daily is determined to sink Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But his numbers are too high and theirs are too low to negatively impact him.