Monday, January 17, 2011

GIFFORD'S BORDER DISTRICT & OBAMA'S OPEN BORDERS AGENDA

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"Half of the arrests for illegal immigration between California and Texas are made in District 8, Gabby's district," said Michael McNulty, a Tucson lawyer who has chaired Giffords's campaigns since she first ran for the state legislature. "That had everyone on edge."
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OBAMA KNOWS WHAT THE IMPACT OF 38 MILLION ILLEGALS HAS HAD ON JOBS FOR AMERICANS (LEGALS) ALONG WITH  THE GROWING VIOLENCE, RACISM, AND LA RAZA FASCIST SUPREMACY.  HE DOESN’T GIVE A SCREW! FROM HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, OBAMA HAS SOLD US OUT TO HIS BANKSTER DONORS, AND KISSED UP TO LA RAZA HAVING NOW FILLED HIS ADMIN WITH LA RAZA PARTY MEMBERS.
OBAMA’S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF DALEY WAS SELECTED BECAUSE HE IS A J.P. MORGAN (BIG OBAMA DONOR) BANKSTERS, AND ADVOCATE FOR OPEN BORDERS TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED.
THE ONLY JOBS PLAN OBAMA HAS IS CALLED AMNESTY!
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“But some residents here said they have not felt the same urgency from their elected officials in Washington, who are too distant to see the impact that illegal immigration has on local crime rates, joblessness and overstretched public services.”

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TRULY, THERE’S SOMEONE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES THE PERFORMER IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELAND SECURITY, OR ANYTHING??? OBAMA PUT LA RAZA NAPOLITANO IN THE DEPT TO PUSH FOR NON-ENFORCEMENT, AND NOW IT’S CALLED HOMELAND SECURITY = PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP!

THERE’S NOTHING THAT COMES OUT OF LA RAZA NAPOLITANO’S BIG MOUTH THAT IS NOT AN OBAMA LIE ABOUT OUR BORDER SITUATION, AS HE AND LA RAZA ARE IN THE BACK ROOM WORKING ON YET ANOTHER PLOY FOR AMNESTY!

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Giffords's border district symbolizes the heat of Arizona politics
By Kimberly Kindy and Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, January 17, 2011; 12:54 AM
DOUGLAS, ARIZ. - The congresswoman's grueling path to reelection took her from her Tucson base across the barren high desert, through an empty expanse of tumbleweed and mesquite trees, to this dusty town at the Mexican border that has come to symbolize the tinderbox of Arizona politics.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned here on a sweltering day last June to gather footage for her campaign advertisements. A moderate Democrat in a classic swing district, she walked a main street where American flags hang outside shoe stores and barber shops. A voice-over emphasized her strengths: independence . . . courage. . . integrity.
The camera rolling, a man stormed out of the Gadsden Hotel, a historic landmark. He screamed that Giffords was about to get "thrown out" of office, creating such a scene that police intervened.
"He began viciously, verbally attacking Gabby," said Jason Ralston, Giffords's Washington-based consultant directing the action. "I've never seen anything like it."
The man channeled his anger toward Giffords, but this was about much more than a lone congresswoman. He seemed to give voice to the long-simmering frustrations and passions in southern Arizona that boiled over during Giffords's hard-fought 2010 campaign.
Pitched emotions - centered on the issues of immigration, health care and the economy - have fueled an atmosphere here that encourages vitriol, according to interviews with more than two dozen state political leaders and residents. An anti-Washington sentiment has flourished as people blame their elected leaders, not just for failing to fix problems but for passing laws that only add to the mess.
The atmosphere created a sense of foreboding long before the Jan. 8 massacre at a Tucson strip mall where Giffords was meeting with constituents. Since the shootings, the co-founder of the Tucson Tea Party has endured death threats and hate mail that required law enforcement assistance, including a verbal threat made Saturday at a community gathering that included one of the shooting survivors.
A new Facebook page - Tea Party Tucson Massacre - has cropped up, blaming the tea party for the deaths of the six people, including a 9-year-old girl. On Friday, a new image appeared on the site mocking the tactics of Republican Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate who targeted Giffords's district during the election on a map marked with cross hairs. (A Palin aide said the image was intended to represent surveyors' marks.) The image of a T-shirt on the site shows the marks plastered atop Palin's face.
Trent Humphries, the tea party leader, said that because of the rancor, he was urged to stay away from memorial services and funerals honoring the shooting victims. "The police have told me that I had better not go to any large events right now," he said. "It wouldn't be safe."
Although the accused killer, Jared L. Loughner, targeted Giffords as early as 2007, no evidence has emerged that he did so because of a specific political issue. He was a registered independent who apparently harbored anger toward the congresswoman for her answer to his question at an earlier constituent event.
But Giffords's district offers a case study of problems that have driven much of Arizona's politics to a boiling point. The 8th District is fiercely independent, much like its congresswoman, who mucked horse stalls as a child and rides motorcycles without a helmet. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place midway between Tucson and the border at Tombstone, now a tourist trap - "The Town Too Tough to Die" - that resembles a Hollywood lot for some Wild West flick.
The immigration debate has raged here for years. Last March, an illegal immigrant allegedly shot and killed a prominent rancher, Robert Krentz, on his land outside of Douglas. The slaying provided some of the momentum for the state's immigration law last summer.
"Half of the arrests for illegal immigration between California and Texas are made in District 8, Gabby's district," said Michael McNulty, a Tucson lawyer who has chaired Giffords's campaigns since she first ran for the state legislature. "That had everyone on edge."
But some residents here said they have not felt the same urgency from their elected officials in Washington, who are too distant to see the impact that illegal immigration has on local crime rates, joblessness and overstretched public services.
"A lot of us are mad at Washington," said Julius "Mac" Maklary, 73, as he watched a football game Saturday in a smoke-filled American Legion lodge. He said he voted for Giffords but is still not satisfied with government. "Everybody got reelected, but what are they doing now? We've still got the same problems. We still have all these drug problems and illegal immigrants coming across," he said.
As she campaigned for reelection, Giffords knew immigration would be a huge constituent issue, her aides say. She emphasized border security but came under heated criticism for not backing a state effort to more aggressively identify and deport illegal immigrants.
But her top aides said they were taken aback when gun rhetoric escalated during the campaign.
"There was a lot of hostility and gun talk," said Rodd McLeod, Giffords's campaign manager. "And when you are campaigning, you are publicly advertising where you are going to be."
In August 2009, as the health-care debate ratcheted up, a protester brought a gun to one of Giffords's "Congress on Your Corner" events at a supermarket in Douglas. The man reportedly shouted disparaging words at Giffords and drew the attention of police after he dropped his firearm.
After Jesse Kelly won the Republican primary in the 8th District, the tea party-backed candidate held a gun-shooting fundraiser. An ad promoting the event said: "Get on Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly."
Kelly declined interview requests.
Giffords was not the only Arizona Democrat in Congress who felt threatened during the past year. In April, Rep. Raul M. Grijalva and his staff received multiple death threats and felt forced to temporarily shut his district offices in Tucson and the border town of Yuma. At that time, Giffords tried to appeal to Arizonans, saying, "Such acts only make it more difficult for us to resolve our differences. . . . Resorting to vandalism and threats to express political viewpoints is unacceptable."
Winning the district was a top priority for both parties, and in the campaign's final weeks, the sheer volume of anti-Giffords campaigning was inescapable, residents said.
Street signs saying "Giffords FORCED Obamacare on YOU" popped up at major intersections. Talk radio personality Garret Lewis devoted his three-hour show each day to Giffords, calling her a "puppet" of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and accusing the Arizonan of "masquerading as a border conservative." At debates, angry spectators booed and shouted over Giffords and Kelly so loudly that the candidates sometimes could not be heard.
Thomas J. Volgy, a former Tucson mayor who teaches political science at the University of Arizona, said state politics was radically different when he was running for office two decades ago. During his 1987 mayoral race, Volgy, a Democrat, was expected to lose to the Republican incumbent, Schuyler Lininger. But things shifted in Volgy's favor after the state's GOP leadership denounced him for being a naturalized citizen.
It backfired. Volgy went from being down five percentage points to winning by between eight and nine points.
"Being negative and personal didn't work. People didn't like it," Volgy said. "Now we are in an era where people do nothing but denounce public officials for being scum and slime. It's hard for some people to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys."
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The Obama administration will sue Arizona for trying to help Washington enforce federal immigration laws, but flatly rejects the notion of suing sanctuary cities that blatantly defy those same laws.”


Judge questions Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona immigration law
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 1, 2010; 2:52 PM
A federal appellate judge expressed deep skepticism Monday about the Justice Department's lawsuit over Arizona's new immigration law, leaving uncertain the Obama administration's chances of stopping the law from taking effect.
Judge John T. Noonan Jr. grilled administration lawyers at a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He took aim at the core of the Justice Department's argument: that the Arizona statute is "preempted" by federal law and is especially troublesome because it requires mandatory immigration status checks in certain circumstances.
"I've read your brief, I've read the District Court opinion, I've heard your interchange with my two colleagues, and I don't understand your argument," Noonan told deputy solicitor general Edwin S. Kneedler. "We are dependent as a court on counsel being responsive. . . . You keep saying the problem is that a state officer is told to do something. That's not a matter of preemption. . . . I would think the proper thing to do is to concede that this is a point where you don't have an argument."
"With respect, I do believe we have an argument," Kneedler responded.
The interchange came at a hearing on the Justice Department's efforts to overturn the Arizona law, which empowers police to question people they suspect of being in the country illegally and has triggered a fierce national debate. A federal judge in Phoenix issued an injunction in July that blocked the law's most contested provisions from taking effect. Arizona appealed, leading to Monday's hearing.
With Noonan, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, so bluntly stating his views, the government's chances of getting the injunction upheld may rest with two other 9th Circuit judges. One, Carlos T. Bea, is also a Republican appointee, while Judge Richard A. Paez is a Democratic appointee.
In addition, Bea and Paez are both of Hispanic descent. It is Hispanics who are most upset about the Arizona law, signed in April by Gov. Jan Brewer (R).
Bea and Paez questioned lawyers from both sides during Monday's argument, and their positions on the case seemed unclear.
The Justice Department lawsuit, filed in July, ratcheted up the political and legal debate over the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, with Republicans condemning the administration and civil rights groups praising the lawsuit.
Talk of illegal immigration has receded somewhat in the run-up to Tuesday's midterm elections, especially compared with the economy, but it has been a key factor in a number of races. Monday's argument, which Brewer attended, shone an even brighter light on the issue.
Brewer has vowed to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and legal experts say the case likely will wind up before the high court within several years.
Government attorneys won the first round in July when U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton, seated in Phoenix, put on hold provisions of the law that would require police to check immigration status if they stop someone while enforcing other laws, allow for warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants and criminalize the failure of legal immigrants to carry their registration papers.
Lawyers for both sides made arguments Monday similar to those they have advanced for months. Kneedler, a widely respect appellate lawyer, said the Arizona statute is "preempted" by federal law because immigration enforcement is solely a federal prerogative.
"This is an extraordinary state statute," Kneedler told the judges, saying that provisions such as the criminalization of failure to carry registration papers "are clearly preempted. . . . First of all, it's a direct regulation of immigration."
Arizona's lawyer, John J. Bouma, defended the law's constitutionality and said Arizona felt compelled to pass it because of "a federal government that has been unable or unwilling to solve" the problem of illegal immigration.
Civil rights groups have said the law targets Hispanics, but Bouma, a leading Phoenix lawyer, objected to that characterization. "When you look at this statute, the intent is to deal with illegal aliens," he said. "Arizona has a long and proud tradition of a Hispanic population, and nobody is trying to take away from that."

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The Obama administration will sue Arizona for trying to help Washington enforce federal immigration laws, but flatly rejects the notion of suing sanctuary cities that blatantly defy those same laws.”
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Through love of having children, we are going to take over."
---Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets

YOU’RE PAYING FOR ALL THIS ANCHOR BABY WELFARE TO EXPAND MEXICO’S WELFARE SYSTEM IN OUR BORDERS!

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WE ARE MEXICO’S WELFARE, BIRTHING CENTERS, JOBS & JAILS program!
Mexico expands their occupation of our country by birthing anchors! Mexico is a shameless nation that exports their pregnant women, poor, illiterate and criminals over our borders.
When an illegal gives birth to her child at our expense, she collects welfare for the next 18 years. During these years she will teach her child they are Mexicans! NOT AMERICANS! She will teach her child to demand that Spanish be spoken by legals. She will watch with pride as her child marches waving a Mexican flag demanding no-strings OBAMA AMNESTY!
CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES BY MEXICAN ILLEGALS ARE AUTOMATICALLY MEXICAN CITIZENS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO EXPAND THE MEXICAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION?
OBAMA AND THE LA RAZA DEMS ARE CUTTING SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, EVEN AS THEY’VE TRIED REPEATEDLY TO HAND OVER SSI TO ILLEGALS!
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CHILDREN OF ILLEGALS BORN HERE AT YOUR COST, ARE AUTOMATICALLY CITIZENS OF MEXICO!

State Law makers preparing citizenship legislation (Will this help win for the republicans)

State lawmakers preparing citizenship legislation
Davenport And Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writers – Tue Oct 19, 9:27 pm ET
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PHOENIX – The state senator in Arizona who wrote the nation's toughest law against illegal immigrants said Tuesday he's collecting support across the country from legislators to challenge automatic U.S. citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.

Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce's target is the 14th Amendment, but it is unclear how the state lawmaker can or will influence a federal statue.

"This is a battle of epic proportions," Pearce said Tuesday during a news conference at the Arizona Capitol. "We've allowed the hijacking of the 14th Amendment."

Pearce declined to say how the legislation will differ from similar measures that have been introduced in each two-year congressional session since 2005. None of them made it out of committee.

He and another Arizona lawmaker did argue that wording in the amendment that guarantees citizenship to people born in the U.S. who are "subject to the jurisdiction" of this country does not apply to the children of illegal immigrants because such families don't owe sole allegiance to the U.S.

The efforts by Pearce and the other lawmakers come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. Supporters cite costs to taxpayers for services provided to illegal immigrants and their children.

Changing the Constitution is difficult.

It requires approval by two-thirds majorities in both chambers of Congress, an impossibility now because Democrats have the majority in both houses and most oppose such a measure. Even if Republicans gain power in November and legislation is passed, an amendment would still need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states.

Paul Bender, a constitutional law professor at Arizona State University, said if the lawmakers focus their argument on the "subject to jurisdiction" wording, they won't get very far because the founders only meant it to apply to the children of foreign diplomats born in the U.S.

"If the British ambassador and his wife have a child in the U.S., that child is not a citizen because he is not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. We cannot put him in jail, we cannot even give him a parking ticket," Bender said.

The 14th Amendment "could have easily have said you're a citizen if you owe your allegiance, but our Constitution doesn't say that," he said. "It says if you're born here, and you're not a diplomat's child, then you become a citizen, and that's the way its been for 100 years."



Carlos Galindo-Elvira, vice president of Valle del Sol, a Phoenix group that provides social services to community members and advocates for immigrants, said Pearce's interpretation of the amendment is an effort to "legitimize bullying babies."

He also questioned why lawmakers would focus on this issue rather than the country's economic woes and high unemployment rate. "All it does is split the country," he said.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, the founder of a national group of legislators critical of illegal immigration, said the 14th Amendment "greatly incentives foreign invaders to violate our border and our laws." He had a news conference Tuesday in Harrisburg, Pa., on the multistate endeavor.

The effort could run afoul of the language in the 14th Amendment and lead to a court battle over the constitutionality of the law. But Metcalfe said providing birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is an "ongoing distortion and twisting" of the amendment.

Metcalfe's office said lawmakers in at least 12 other states besides Arizona and Pennsylvania said they were making their own announcements about working on the citizenship legislation. Those other states: Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

Pearce was the main sponsor of a tough new Arizona law that would require police enforcing other laws to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the U.S. illegally. It was to go into effect this summer, but a judge put on hold key provisions pending the resolution of a legal challenge.

Pearce also was the chief sponsor of a 2007 state law targeting employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the 2010 law and who is championing the state's legal defense of it against a court challenge mounted by the U.S. Justice Department, was noncommittal when asked whether lawmakers should approve legislation on citizenship.

However, Brewer said she was "always concerned" by the possibility of involving the state in a court fight. "No one wants to be in court. No one wants to be fighting the federal government," she said.

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Through love of having children, we are going to take over."
---Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets
SINCE THE 2004 ARTICLE BELOW WAS PUBLISHED, BILLIONS HAVE BEEN PAID OUT FOR ILLEGALS THAT COME OVER OUR BORDER TO GIVE BIRTH TO ANCHORS AND COLLECT WELFARE! IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE ILLEGALS COLLECT $600 MILLION PER YEAR IN WELFARE!!!
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