Wednesday, September 8, 2010

INVESTORS.com - THE OBAMA ASSAULT ON ARIZONA

What is unprecedented and unfortunate is the administration's war on Arizona for enforcing federal law and protecting its border, our border.
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While Arpaio is being persecuted, er, prosecuted by the Justice Department, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu notes that when 3,000 National Guard troops were requested by Arizona law enforcement and both U.S. senators, the Obama administration sent a paltry 30. Incredible.
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Meanwhile, the Bureau of Land Management has felt it necessary to place 15 signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 that links Phoenix, San Diego and Tucson warning travelers that they "may encounter armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high speed." The signs are 70 to 80 miles north of the border in what may now be called "occupied Arizona." This is unbelievable.
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INVESTORS.com
Sheriff Joe Arpaio In The Dock
Posted 09/07/2010
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., speaks to the media. The administration's notion of justice is to sue him for discrimination, while... Abuse Of Power: Our misnamed Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against an Arizona sheriff at the top of the administration's enemies list. Prosecute border sheriffs and sue states but protect the Black Panthers? Gotcha.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, the county itself and outspoken Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The suit alleges that the sheriff's office is in violation of civil rights laws by refusing for 17 months to fully cooperate with an investigation into police practices and jail operations.

The federal probe itself deals with alleged discrimination, unconstitutional searches and seizures, and having English-only policies in the jails.

"The actions of the sheriff's office are unprecedented," said Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for the department's civil rights division. "It is unfortunate that the department was forced to resort to litigation to gain access to public documents and facilities."

What is unprecedented and unfortunate is the administration's war on Arizona for enforcing federal law and protecting its border, our border.

The feds have sued the state over the implementation of SB1070, which mirrors existing federal law, alleging that it's racist even though the law specifically prohibits racial profiling. The administration, in a report to the United Nations, has cited the state as a human rights violator.

Now it's Arpaio's turn. What makes the case interesting, as the Washington Examiner's Byron York reports, is that in September 2008, four months before the Obama administration took over and nine months before the Justice Department first informed Arpaio of its investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted its own investigation of Arpaio's office and procedures and found nothing inappropriate or illegal.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has 189 officers trained under the federal 287(g) program to enforce federal immigration laws. According to the ICE report, "The OI (Homeland Security's Office of Investigation) and DRO (Detention and Removal Operations office) consider the conduct and performance of the MCSO ... officers to be professional and meeting the standards of the MOA."

The Homeland Security Department has memorandums of agreement (MOAs) with some 70 state and local law enforcement agencies to participate in 287(g) partnerships to enforce federal law.

Arpaio's lawyers have a March 21, 2009, e-mail from an ICE employee to John P. Torres, then the acting assistant ICE secretary, that said, "Did you see this?" — referring to an attached news report of the DOJ investigation. "Yes," Torres responded a few minutes later, "interesting politics at play." Interesting politics indeed, for the charges and the investigation are clearly without merit.

We note with some interest that Perez was the Justice Department point man in explaining to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission why Justice was reluctant — no, refused — to prosecute the New Black Panther Party for its voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place in 2008. Perez testified before the commission in April that "the facts did not constitute a prosecutable violation of the federal criminal civil rights statutes."

But the case against Joe Arpaio is rock solid, right?
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FEINSTEIN AND BOXER ARE ONCE AGAIN WORKING AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR PAYMASTERS TO EXPLOIT MORE “CHEAP” LABOR ILLEGALS
THE OBAMA – REID – FEINSTEIN – BOXER bit by bit by bit AMNESTY

THE LA RAZA DEMS – NO BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX AND NO LEGAL NEED APPLY HERE.
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While Obama pushes war over there, he is equally intent on leaving our borders with NARCOMEX undefended, open and ready for business with the Mexican drug cartels.
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The Administration's Phantom Immigration Enforcement Policy
According to DHS’s own reports, very little of our nation’s borders (Southwestern or otherwise) are secure, and gaining control is not even a goal of the department.
By Ira Mehlman
Published on 12/07/2009
Townhall.com
The setting was not quite the flight deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln with a “Mission Accomplished” banner as the backdrop, but it was the next best thing. Speaking at the Center for American Progress (CAP) on Nov. 13, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared victory over illegal immigration and announced that the Obama administration is ready to move forward with a mass amnesty for the millions of illegal aliens already living in the United States.
Arguing the Obama administration’s case for amnesty, Napolitano laid out what she described as the “three-legged stool” for immigration reform. As the administration views it, immigration reform must include “a commitment to serious and effective enforcement, improved legal flows for families and workers, and a firm but fair way to deal with those who are already here.”
Acknowledging that a lack of confidence in the government’s ability and commitment to effectively enforce the immigration laws it passes proved to be the Waterloo of previous efforts to gain amnesty for illegal aliens, Napolitano was quick to reassure the American public that those concerns could be put to rest.
“For starters, the security of the Southwest border has been transformed from where it was in 2007,” stated the secretary. Not only is the border locked up tight, she continued, but the situation is well in-hand in the interior of the country as well. “We’ve also shown that the government is serious and strategic in its approach to enforcement by making changes in how we enforce the law in the interior of the country and at worksites…Furthermore, we’ve transformed worksite enforcement to truly address the demand side of illegal immigration.”
If Rep. Joe Wilson had been in attendance to hear Secretary Napolitano’s CAP speech he might well have had a few choice comments to offer. But since he wasn’t, we will have to rely on the Department of Homeland Security’s own data to assess the veracity of Napolitano’s claims.
According to DHS’s own reports, very little of our nation’s borders (Southwestern or otherwise) are secure, and gaining control is not even a goal of the department. DHS claims to have “effective control” over just 894 miles of border. That’s 894 out of 8,607 miles they are charged with protecting. As for the other 7,713 miles? DHS’s stated border security goal for FY 2010 is the same 894 miles.
The administration’s strategic approach to interior and worksite enforcement is just as chimerical as its strategy at the border, unless one considers shuffling paper to be a strategy. DHS data, released November 18, show that administrative arrests of immigration law violators fell by 68 percent between 2008 and 2009. The department also carried out 60 percent fewer arrests for criminal violations of immigration laws, 58 percent fewer criminal indictments, and won 63 percent fewer convictions.
While the official unemployment rate has climbed from 7.6 percent when President Obama took office in January to 10 percent today, the administration’s worksite enforcement strategy has amounted to a bureaucratic game of musical chairs. The administration has all but ended worksite enforcement actions and replaced them with paperwork audits. When the audits determine that illegal aliens are on the payroll, employers are given the opportunity to fire them with little or no adverse consequence to the company, while no action is taken to remove the illegal workers from the country. The illegal workers simply acquire a new set of fraudulent documents and move on to the next employer seeking workers willing to accept substandard wages.
In Janet Napolitano’s alternative reality a mere 10 percent of our borders under “effective control” and sharp declines in arrests and prosecutions of immigration lawbreakers may be construed as confidence builders, but it is hard to imagine that the American public is going to see it that way. If anything, the administration’s record has left the public less confident that promises of future immigration enforcement would be worth the government paper they’re printed on.
As Americans scrutinize the administration’s plans to overhaul immigration policy, they are likely to find little in the “three-legged stool” being offered that they like or trust. The first leg – enforcement – the administration has all but sawed off. The second – increased admissions of extended family members and workers – makes little sense with some 25 million Americans either unemployed or relegated to part-time work. And the third – amnesty for millions of illegal aliens – is anathema to their sense of justice and fair play.
As Americans well know, declaring “Mission Accomplished” and actually accomplishing a mission are two completely different things. When it comes to enforcing immigration laws, the only message the public is receiving from this administration is “Mission Aborted.”
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Monday, September 28, 2009

And T.J. BONNER, president of the National Border Patrol Council, will weigh in on the federal government’s decision to pull nearly 400 agents from the U.S.-Mexican border. As always, Lou will take your calls to discuss the issues that matter most-and to get your thoughts on where America is headed.

While Arpaio is being persecuted, er, prosecuted by the Justice Department, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu notes that when 3,000 National Guard troops were requested by Arizona law enforcement and both U.S. senators, the Obama administration sent a paltry 30. Incredible.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Land Management has felt it necessary to place 15 signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 that links Phoenix, San Diego and Tucson warning travelers that they "may encounter armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high speed." The signs are 70 to 80 miles north of the border in what may now be called "occupied Arizona." This is unbelievable.

When the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig crisis hit, the administration's first response was to send a team of Justice Department lawyers and FBI agents to determine whom to prosecute. When Florida's Marco Rubio threatened the Senate bid of the Obama-friendly Charlie Crist, the IRS and the FBI opened investigations into the alleged misuse of Republican Party credit cards. And ObamaCare is riddled with fines and threats of imprisonment if you don't do what the government tells you.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn't the administration's only enemy threatened with government punishment. He's just at the top of the list right now.

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