“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.”
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2012/02/anchor-babies-arizona-fights-la-raza.html
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JUDICIAL WATCH.... get on their free emails Obama Administration Hostile to Illegal Immigration Enforcement
The Obama administration is once again undermining the enforcement of our nation's immigration laws.
Last week I told you about the administration's attempts to undermine 287(g), a highly successful federal program that trains local law enforcement officers in illegal immigration enforcement techniques. Well, this week, two stories hit the press that show just how far the administration is willing to go to protect illegal alien criminals and punish law enforcement officers who are simply doing their jobs.
First, as reported by The Associated Press, the Obama administration is taking another swipe at one of its favorite bogeymen, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known as "America's toughest Sheriff" for his no-nonsense approach to enforcing the law, including laws against illegal immigration. Here's the scoop:
An Arizona sheriff known for aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration has been stripped of some of his special power to enforce federal immigration law, and he claims the Obama administration is taking away his authority for political reasons.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose office faces racial profiling allegations over crime and immigration sweeps in some heavily Latino areas of metro Phoenix, said officials from Washington won't let him renew a deal that let his deputies make federal immigration arrests.
Make no mistake. This move by the Obama administration is a strong message to local police departments: "If you seek to enforce immigration laws, we will strip you of your power." When taken in context with the "reforms" to 287(g) that we discussed last week, it is clear the administration is intent on not only undermining, but completely dismantling the 287(g) program and any effort by local law enforcement officers to assist the relatively small cadre of federal agents responsible for enforcing immigration laws.
(By the way, you may recall Judicial Watch Director of Research and Investigations Chris Farrell led a congressional delegation to Arizona in July to assess the situation at the nation's southern border. This included a tour of Sheriff Arpaio's "Tent City Jail." Click here for more information.)
The good news is Sheriff Arpaio won't back down and will continue to enforce the law.
But the attack on 287(g) and the good sheriff is not the only tactic by this administration to undermine the rule of law. The Wall Street Journal reported this nugget earlier in the week:
The Obama administration is expected on Tuesday to unveil an outline of sweeping changes for the nation's immigration-detention system, saying it will decide whom to lock up and for how long based on the danger and flight risk posed by detainees...
...Until now, the Obama administration has been reluctant to revise detention standards, which were updated late in the administration of former President George W. Bush. The immigration detention system expanded dramatically during the Bush years as the government took a much tougher line against illegal immigrants.
The Obama administration's reforms include the construction of new and improved detention facilities, increased medical care, improved "custodial conditions" and a new "classification system" for illegal alien detainees. (The Obama administration believes holding illegal aliens who are marked for deportation in jail cells is cruel and unusual punishment. One proposed reform suggests putting them up in hotels and nursing homes instead!)
Leftists and their media allies have systematically been attacking the current detention system for the last two years. They are seemingly opposed to any detention system (hence, the Obama administration's emphasis on getting alien criminals out of jail).
The fact is many of the illegal aliens being "detained" in jails are simply awaiting deportation after having served time for other crimes, including crimes of violence. The federal government reimburses localities for jailing these bad guys. Certainly makes sense from a public safety perspective.
Of course, the whole idea of the Obama plan is to bring the entire system under federal control, which apparently means more money and less enforcement. Signs point to expensive "Club Feds" for illegal alien criminals.
So the twofer from the Obama administration this week is this: don't arrest illegal aliens and coddle them if they are arrested.
And so the illegal alien crisis will continue.
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Arizona's Tough Employer Sanction Law Not
Enforced
10/13/2009 -
Nearly
two years after Arizona enacted the nation’s toughest law against those who
hire illegal immigrants no businesses have been prosecuted even though the
state is estimated to have nearly half a million undocumented workers.
The landmark
measure allows the state to severely punish—even revoke the license—of
businesses caught hiring illegal aliens and requires them to verify workers’
legal status. The law caused a ruckus among business owners and so-called
Latino rights groups that claim racial discrimination, but has survived
several legal challenges at the state
and federal level.
The problem, however, is that no employers have been
punished because the sanctions law is virtually impossible to enforce. For
starters, it doesn’t give county prosecutors charged with pursuing violators
civil subpoena power to examine personnel records that could help prove illegal
aliens were knowingly hired.
This sort of subpoena power is granted to other administrative
agencies that enforce similar statutes, the frustrated prosecutors in Arizona’s
15 counties say. Without it, authorities are forced to rely on the voluntary
disclosure of crucial personnel records by the very businesses being
investigated. Not surprisingly, all the accused have opted not to
cooperate.
As a result dozens of investigations throughout the state have
been shut because authorities can’t access crucial data that could prove
wrongdoing. In Yavapai County for instance, crippled investigators have been
forced to close 20 of their 23 probes into businesses that they say employ
illegal immigrants.
In Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest, none of the 22 businesses
that have been caught hiring illegal aliens have been punished, even though
more than 300 employees have been arrested for identity theft and using fake
identification to work. In most of those cases the sheriff’s department
obtained warrants to raid the companies because criminal wrongdoing, such as
identity theft, was alleged.
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JUDICIAL WATCH
Deported Illegal
Immigrants Witnesses In Federal Probe Last Updated: Fri, 09/04/2009 - 3:28pm
The Department of Justice is
actually bringing deported illegal aliens back to the U.S. to be witnesses in a
civil rights investigation of an Arizona sheriff’s department that enforces
immigration law through a federal partnership.
It’s hardly the first time that
the federal agency charged with defending the nation’s interests and ensuring
its safety pulls this sort of stunt. In its quest to prosecute two Border
Patrol gents who intercepted a Mexican drug smuggler in 2005, the Justice
Department actually went to Mexico and offered the drug dealer immunity to
testify against the veteran agents.
The agents (Ignacio Ramos and
Jose Campean) were subsequently convicted on charges of causing serious bodily
injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm and violating the
drug smuggler's civil rights. The supposed victim and key witness was the Mexican illegal alien
whose vehicle was intercepted with 743 pounds of U.S.-bound marijuana.
This week a Phoenix newspaper reports
that the feds are at it again, using illegal immigrant violators as key witnesses in another high-profile case. It
involves allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and
seizures on the part of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department and its
elected leader Joe Arpaio. The feds are interviewing Hispanics who were
arrested by the sheriff’s department, including those who were deported and
have been brought back to the U.S. to testify.
The federal probe was requested by Phoenix Mayor Phil
Gordon, an open borders advocate who offers illegal aliens sanctuary in his
city. In a letter to the Justice
Department last spring, Mayor Gordon demanded that the agency investigate “discriminatory harassment” and “improper” stops, searches and arrests by Maricopa
County sheriff’s deputies who patrol the metropolitan area.
The Justice Department gladly
obliged and proudly announced its civil rights investigation a few months ago,
vowing to focus on whether deputies are engaging in racial profiling during
immigration crackdowns. The sweeps have helped rid the area of numerous illegal
aliens—some violent criminals who fell through the cracks—who should have been
deported long ago and helped restore much-needed law and order in a Phoenix
business district (36th & Thomas) rife with solicitation, trespassing,
loitering and public health ordinance violations.
PHOENIX THE
LA RAZA MEXICAN KIDNAPPING CAPITAL of AMERICA
Kidnapping Capital of the U.S.A.
Washington Too Concerned With al Qaeda Terrorists to Care,
Officials Say
By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO and ASA ESLOCKER
February 11, 2009
In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime
wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more
incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370
cases last year alone. But local authorities say Washington, DC is too
obsessed with al Qaeda terrorists to care about what is happening in their own
backyard right now.
Wave of abductions hit Phoenix. Is Washington paying enough
attention?
"We're in the
eye of the storm," Phoenix Police Chief Andy Anderson told ABC News of the
violent crimes and ruthless tactics spurred by Mexico's drug cartels that have
expanded business across the border. "If it doesn't stop here, if
we're not able to fix it here and get it turned around, it will go across the
nation," he said.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown warned that as the
U.S. government focuses so intently on Islamic extremist groups, other types of
terrorists – those involved with the same kidnappings, extortion and drug
cartels that are sweeping Phoenix – are overlooked. (LA
RAZA DEM JERRY BROWN JUST SIGNED A LAW IN HIS OWN STATE MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR
EMPLOYERS TO USE E-VERIFY! PUTTING ILLEGALS IN OUR JOBS TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED
FOR THEIR PAYMASTER IS A MAJOR AGENDA OF
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, NOW PARTY FOR ILLEGALS, EXPANDED LA RAZA WELFARE STATE,
OPEN BORDERS, PUSH 2 FOR ENGLISH!)
WATCH: Phoenix: Kidnapping Capital of U.S.
U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Gangs; Second Amendment to Blame?
"Those
[criminals], for the average Californian or the average America, may be a more
immediate threat to their well being," Brown said.
In fact, kidnappings and other crimes
connected to the Mexican drug cartels are quickly spreading across the border,
from Texas to California. The majority of the victims are either illegal aliens
or connected to the drug trade.
An ABC News'
investigation uncovered horrific cases of chopped-off hands, legs and heads
when a victim's family doesn't pay up fast enough.
"They're ruthless, so now they're ripping each other
off, but doing it in our city," Anderson said.
To try and combat the
crime wave, the Phoenix police have created a special unit to handle the
kidnappings called the Home Invasion Task Force, which has pulled more than a
dozen officers off other assignments. The crimes are occurring across the
valley and in all types of neighborhoods, authorities warn.
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“What's
needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known
for years: Enforce existing law.” ….. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2,000 CALIFORNIANS MURDERED BY ILLEGALS THAT
FLED BACK OVER THE BORDER TO MEXICO TO AVOID PROSECUTION.
WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?
Jenn AN AMERICAN SEES & SPEAKS
It won't have been covered by the Washington Post, but on Saturday, a rancher in Arizona, by the name of Robert Krentz was out checking his herd. He came across an illegal alien, who claimed to be injured. Krentz offered to help him, and contacted his brother on his cell phone, asking him to phone for an ambulance, and gave him his location. The illegal alien shot and killed Krentz, as well as his dog.
In that area of Arizona, near Douglas, it's been reported that since the talks of amnesty starting up again, more illegals have been heading over the border. Obama has gutted the budget for the increases in border patrol agents that were promised, and he has also gutted the funding for a border fence. Janet Napolitano claims our border is secure. The blood of Robert Krentz is on Napolitano's, Obama's, McCain's Reid's and every other amnesty proponent's hands. Krentz's wife and children have lost a husband and father.
We need to stop providing birthright citizenship to the children of illegals, we need to start deporting illegals, and construct a physical barrier at the border. This insanity has to end.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Robert Krentz killing stokes fears of rampant illegal immigration
Speculation
that the murder of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz is tied to illegal immigration
has sparked calls for Homeland Security to send in the National Guard.
Ed Ashurst, a neighbor and friend of Robert Krentz, worked on his Bisbee, Ariz., ranch Monday. Mr. Krentz's body was found on his property near the Mexican border Saturday. The murder has stirred unease in Arizona about illegal immigration after law enforcement officials tracked footprints from the crime scene back to the border.
(Mamta Popat/AP/Arizona Daily Star)
Los Angeles —
The
killing of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz has prompted the state’s governor, its
most influential senator, and its farming community to say that Washington is
not doing enough to prevent illegal immigration and secure the border with
Mexico.
Mr.
Krentz was found Saturday, fatally shot and slumped over in his all-terrain
vehicle, which still had its lights and engine on. Law enforcement officials
tracked footprints from the scene back to the border, raising speculation that
the killer is an illegal immigrant.
The
apparent murder heightens the tension surrounding the immigration reform
debate, with advocates of much stricter immigration controls saying Krentz's
death highlights the urgent need for significantly increased border security.
Already,
Krentz’s death is being held up as evidence that border violence is spiraling out of control
as the Obama administration mulls immigration
reform that
could include a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants in the United
States.
“It’s
scary,” says Dawn Garner, a teacher and yoga instructor whose small ranch abuts
the border near Naco, Ariz., just miles from Krentz’s ranch. She says she
counts “at least 12” immigrants crossing her property every day.
“It’s
become Grand Central Station out here since the Obama administration began
talking about comprehensive reform,” says Ms. Garner, whose daughter knows
Krentz’s son. “They’re all trying to get up here quickly so they can be inside
the country when amnesty – or whatever they want to call it – is announced.”
Since
Saturday, Gov. Jan Brewer (D) and Sen. John McCain (R) have called on the Department of
Homeland Security
to deploy the National Guard to the Arizona border. The Arizona Farm Bureau
added: “Until Congress addresses securing the border, all necessary resources
should be focused on Arizona's border.”
Authorities
have not announced any motive for the killing, nor have they officially
suggested that the killer was an illegal immigrant.
For
his part, Krentz was well known in the area as a rancher who was kind to
illegal immigrants he found on his property, despite having been robbed by them
once. “You know, if they come in and ask for water, I'll still give them
water," he told PBS's "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly" in
1999. “You know, that's just my nature."
Krentz’s
brother, however, had called border patrol agents the day before the killing.
The agents stopped a caravan of illegal immigrants carrying 280 pounds of
marijuana, raising the possibility of the crime being retaliation.
Experts
caution that authorities must understand what happened before conclusions
should be drawn.
“An
important question to ask is whether the killing of Robert Krentz is more an
aberration than the norm at the Arizona border,” says Catherine Wilson, an
immigration analyst at Villanova University in Philadelphia. “Did the immigrant
responsible for Krentz’s death have ties to the drug-trafficking trade? Will we
be seeing more violence at the border due to the heightening of drug-related
crime in northern Mexico?”
Advocates
for immigrants say Krentz’s death is less an issue of illegal immigration than
of the increasing lawlessness in the border areas of Mexico, which affects
American citizens and immigrants alike.
“It
took the life of a Caucasian rancher, an innocent soul, to garner the attention
of the violence on the border,” says Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition
for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). “Countless individuals
have been murdered at the border during the crossing by ... criminals and their
sophisticated networks.”
“Without
legal channels for entry into the US, without reform, those who control the
border are violent criminals, and the victims are innocent people, including
the undocumented, who are raped, injured, and killed,” she adds.
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ACCORDING TO SENATOR LAMAR SMITH OF TEXAS, WHEN
CHALLENGING SO- CALLED “HOMELAND SECURITY = PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIPS” LA RAZA
JANET NAPOLITANO, AS TO WHY OUR BORDERS ARE WIDE OPEN TO NARCOMEX, OBAMA HAS
CUT ENFORCEMENT BY MORE THAN 60% IN ALL AREAS.
Obama soft on illegals enforcement
Arrests of illegal immigrant workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama, according to figures released Wednesday. Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at work sites all fell by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009.
The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said a period of economic turmoil is the wrong time to be cutting enforcement and letting illegal immigrants take jobs that Americans otherwise would hold.
THE BELOW FIGURES ARE VERY DATES. FIGURES NOW PUT MEXICAN GANG MEMBERS AT A MILLION! ACCORDING TO CA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS, NEARLY HALF THE MURDERS IN MEX INFESTED CA ARE BY MEX GANGS!
Lou Dobbs Tonight
And there are some 800,000
gang members in this country: That’s more than the combined number of troops in
our Army and Marine Corps. These gangs have become one of the principle ways to
import and distribute drugs in the United States. Congressman David Reichert
joins Lou to tell us why those gangs are growing larger and stronger, and why
he’s introduced legislation to eliminate the top three international drug
gangs.
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IN 2012 OBAMA PLACE
2,500 TROOPS IN AUSTRALIA! YES, AUSTRALIA AND THEN REMOVED MORE TROOPS OFF THE
OPEN & UNDEFENDED NARCOMEX BORDER!
KEEPING THE BORDERS
OPEN IS ONE WAY OBAMA BUYS THE ILLEGALS’ VOTES. THE OTHER IS TO SABOTAGE
E-VERIFY TO ASSURE ILLEGALS A CLEAR PATHWAY TO OUR JOBS AND VOTING BOOTHS!
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.
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.
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AZ planning crackdown on tax fraud; new scrutiny may affect migrants most
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:00 am |
PHOENIX - Armed with a new computer program, the Arizona Department of Revenue is cracking down on tax fraud this year.
And although administrators say illegal immigrants aren't the target, they're likely to be the majority of those caught up in the effort.
People whose federal tax-identification numbers doesn't match the information provided on their W-2 forms will not get their refunds unless they can prove they are the ones who did the work.
The state and the Internal Revenue Service encourage illegal immigrants to file income-tax forms and comply with tax laws, which apply to individuals who earn money in the United States regardless of their legal status.
In Arizona, where it's a crime to knowingly hire an illegal immigrant, an immigrant will often work using either a fake Social Security number or one that belongs to someone else. Their employer puts that Social Security number on his or her W-2 form.
For tax filing, illegal immigrants - or anyone in the United States legally who isn't eligible for a Social Security number - must apply to the IRS for an Individual Tax Identification Number. They then file taxes under that number.
The Arizona Department of Revenue's new program will check all tax documents filed with tax ID numbers to make sure any listed Social Security number and the tax ID number both belong to the employee named.
If they don't, the state will send out a letter asking the employee to prove he or she is the one who actually did the work.
Anthony Forschino, assistant director at the Department of Revenue, said about 60,000 Arizona residents filed taxes last year using a tax ID number, resulting in about $6 million in refunds.
He said the state sampled a "pretty good portion" of those returns and found that in 80 to 85 percent of them, the ID number did not match information provided on an associated W-2.
This year, the new program will allow the state to go through all the returns.
"We have a responsibility to try and stop fraudulent returns," Forschino said. Forschino said officials want to give refunds to those who earned them, regardless of legal status.
He said his department is still trying to work out details of what sort of documentation an individual could show to prove he or she is the one who did the work and paid the taxes.
Copyright 2011 Arizona Daily Star. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
EVERY DAY THERE ARE 12 AMERICAN MURDERED BY ILLEGALS, AND BILLIONS PAID OUT IN SOCIAL SERVICES/WELFARE TO THE SAME.
NEW YORK TIMES
February 26, 2009
U.S. Is Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
PHOENIX — The Mexican agents who moved in on a safe house full of drug dealers last May were not prepared for the fire power that greeted them.
When the shooting was over, eight agents were dead. Among the guns the police recovered was an assault rifle traced back across the border to a dingy gun store here called X-Caliber Guns.
Now, the owner, George Iknadosian, will go on trial on charges he sold hundreds of weapons, mostly AK-47 rifles, to smugglers, knowing they would send them to a drug cartel in the western state of Sinaloa. The guns helped fuel the gang warfare in which more than 6,000 Mexicans died last year.
Mexican authorities have long complained that American gun dealers are arming the cartels. This case is the most prominent prosecution of an American gun dealer since the United States promised Mexico two years ago it would clamp down on the smuggling of weapons across the border. It also offers a rare glimpse of how weapons delivered to American gun dealers are being moved into Mexico and wielded in horrific crimes.
“We had a direct pipeline from Iknadosian to the Sinaloa cartel,”said Thomas G. Mangan, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix.
Drug gangs seek out guns in the United States because the gun-control laws are far tougher in Mexico. Mexican civilians must get approval from the military to buy guns and they cannot own large-caliber rifles or high-powered pistols, which are considered military weapons.
The ease with which Mr. Iknadosian and two other men transported weapons to Mexico over a two-year period illustrates just how difficult it is to stop the illicit trade, law enforcement officials here say.
The gun laws in the United States allow the sale of multiple military-style rifles to American citizens without reporting the sales to the government, and the Mexicans search relatively few cars and trucks going south across their border.
What is more, the sheer
volume of licensed dealers — more than 6,600 along the border alone, many of
them operating out of their houses —makes policing them a tall order. Currently
the A.T.F. has about 200 agents assigned to the task.
Smugglers routinely enlist Americans with clean criminal records to buy two or three rifles at a time, often from different shops, then transport them across the border in cars and trucks, often secreting them in door panels or under the hood, law enforcement officials here say. Some of the smuggled weapons are also bought from private individuals at gun shows, and the law requires no notification of the authorities in those cases.
“We can move against the most outrageous purveyors of arms to Mexico, but the characteristic of the arms trade is it’s a ‘parade of ants’ —it’s not any one big dealer, it’s lots of individuals,” said Arizona’s attorney general, Terry Goddard, who is prosecuting Mr. Iknadosian. “That makes it very hard to detect because it’s often below the radar.”
The Mexican government began to clamp down on drug cartels in late 2006, unleashing a war that daily deposits dozens of bodies — often gruesomely tortured — on Mexico’s streets. President Felipe Calderón has characterized the stream of smuggled weapons as one of the most significant threats to security in his country. The Mexican authorities say they seized 20,000 weapons from drug gangs in 2008, the majority bought in the United States.
The authorities in the United States say they do not know how many firearms are transported across the border each year, in part because the federal government does not track gun sales and traces only weapons used in crimes. But A.T.F. officials estimate 90 percent of the weapons recovered in Mexico come from dealers north of the border.
In 2007, the firearms agency traced 2,400 weapons seized in Mexico back to dealers in the United States, and 1,800 of those came from dealers operating in the four states along the border, with Texas first, followed by California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Mr. Iknadosian is accused of being one of those dealers. So brazen was his operation that the smugglers paid him in advance for the guns and the straw buyers merely filled out the required paperwork and carried the weapons off, according to A.T.F. investigative reports. The agency said Mr. Iknadosian also sold several guns to undercover agents who had explicitly informed him that they intended to resell them in Mexico.
Mr. Iknadosian, 47, will face trial on March 3 on charges including fraud, conspiracy and assisting a criminal syndicate. His lawyer, Thomas M. Baker, declined to comment on the charges, but said Mr. Iknadosian maintained his innocence. No one answered the telephone at Mr. Iknadosian’s home in Glendale, Ariz.
A native of Egypt who spent much of his life in California, Mr. Iknadosian moved his gun-selling operation to Arizona in 2004, because the gun laws were more lenient, prosecutors said.
Over the two years leading up to his arrest last May, he sold more than 700 weapons of the kind currently sought by drug dealers in Mexico, including 515 AK-47 rifles and one .50 caliber rifle that can penetrate an engine block or bulletproof glass, the A.T.F. said.
Based on the store’s records and the statements of some defendants, investigators estimate at least 600 of those weapons were smuggled to Mexico. So far, the Mexican authorities have seized seven of the Kalashnikov-style rifles from gunmen for the Beltrán Leyva cartel who had battled with the police.
The store was also said to be the source for a Colt .38-caliber pistol stuck in the belt of a reputed drug kingpin, Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, when he was arrested a year ago in the Sinaloan town of Culiacán. Also linked to the store was a diamond-studded handgun carried by another reputed mobster, Hugo David Castro, known as El Once, who was arrested in November on charges he took part in killing a state police chief in Sonora.
According to reports by A.T.F. investigators, Mr. Iknadosian sold more than 60 assault rifles in late 2007 and early 2008 to straw buyers working for two brothers — Hugo Miguel Gamez, 26, and Cesar Bojorguez Gamez, 27 — who then smuggled them into Mexico.
The brothers instructed the buyers to show up at X-Caliber Guns and to tell Mr. Iknadosian they were there to pick up guns for “Cesar” or “C,”the A.T.F. said. Mr. Iknadosian then helped the buyers fill out the required federal form, called the F.B.I. to check their records and handed over the rifles. The straw buyers would then meet one of the brothers to deliver the merchandise. They were paid $100 a gun.
The Gamez brothers have pleaded guilty to a count of attempted fraud. Seven of the buyers arrested last May have pleaded guilty to lesser charges and have agreed to testify against Mr. Iknadosian, prosecutors said.
In one transaction, Mr. Iknadosian gave advice about how to buy weapons and smuggle them to a person who turned out to be an informant who was recording him, according to a transcript. He told the informant to break the sales up into batches and never to carry more than two weapons in a car.
“If you got pulled over, two is no biggie,” Mr. Iknadosian is quoted as saying in the transcript. “Four is a question. Fifteen is, ‘What are you doing?’ ”
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FAIRUS.org
“However, Arizona State
Senator Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), the bill’s sponsor, counters that law-abiding
immigrants are not his target, “It’s the drug cartels, gang members.”’
“Rep. John Kavanagh
(R-Fountain Hills), a co-sponsor of the bill, stated, “Illegal immigration
brings crime, kidnapping, drugs – drains our government services. Nobody
can stand on the sidelines and not take part in this battle.”
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Arizona Bill Cracks
Down on Illegal Immigration
Frustrated
with the federal government’s failure to secure the border and combat illegal
immigration, Arizona lawmakers passed one of the toughest immigration
enforcement laws in the nation last week. Entitled the “Support Our Law
Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act,” SB 1070 passed the Arizona House on a
35-21 party-line vote last Tuesday after clearing the Senate in February. (FOX News, April 14,
2010). Governor Jan Brewer, who has argued for stringent immigration
laws, is expected to sign the bill into law. (The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2010).
SB
1070 gives Arizona law enforcement important tools to help fight illegal
immigration. During lawful contact between an officer and an individual, the
bill directs state and local officers to inquire into the immigration status of
anyone who they reasonably suspect is in the country illegally. Under
current law, officers can only inquire about someone’s immigration status if
the person is suspected of another crime. (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2010).
Additionally, foreign nationals who fail to comply with federal laws that
require them to carry proof of legal residency will be guilty of a state
misdemeanor. (The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2010).
Arizona is the first state to make it a crime not to carry such
documents. The bill also:
- Allows law enforcement
officers to arrest aliens unable to provide documents showing they’re
legally in the U.S.
- Prohibits local police
agencies from adopting “sanctuary” policies that prevent law enforcement
officers from checking the immigration status of people they stop or
arrest.
- Makes it unlawful for a
day laborer to solicit work in a public place.
- Prohibits would-be
employers from blocking traffic when hiring laborers.
- Allows citizens to sue
police agencies who do not comply with the law and government agencies
that adopt policies that hinder the enforcement of immigration laws.
- Make it illegal for
people to transport illegal aliens if the driver knows or recklessly
disregards that the passengers are here illegally.
Amnesty
forces are enraged by the new law, which they claim is fueled by “anti-immigrant
hysteria.” (AZFamily
News, April 13, 2010). Some went even further in their criticism,
relying on hollow cries of racism to attack the enforcement measure.
Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network,
said, “Arizona has long been a laboratory for anti-immigrant experimentation,
and its demagogue leaders have become folk heroes for white supremacists throughout
the United States.” (The Associated Press, April 14, 2010).
However, Arizona State
Senator Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), the bill’s sponsor, counters that law-abiding
immigrants are not his target, “It’s the drug cartels, gang members.” Id. Arizona
is directly in the crossfire of the violent drug wars waging in Mexico and the
state is the most popular point of entry for illegal aliens who come into the
United States. (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2010). Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills), a
co-sponsor of the bill, stated, “Illegal immigration brings crime, kidnapping,
drugs – drains our government services. Nobody can stand on the sidelines
and not take part in this battle.” Id. Kavanagh said the
legislation “gives our local police officers the tools they need to combat
illegal immigration, while protecting the civil rights of citizens and legal
residents.” (The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2010). The
legislation is especially timely in light of the escalating violence along
Arizona’s border with Mexico and the recent gunning down of a rancher and his
dog by a suspected illegal alien. (See FAIR’s Legislative Update, April 12, 2010; Legislative Update, April 5, 2010).
Perhaps
the most outrageous claim amnesty advocates have made about SB 1070 is that it
“mandates racial profiling of Latinos.” (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2010).
Pearce, a former cop known as a true immigration reformer, has heard this
accusation before, and explains that the bill explicitly states officers “may
not solely consider race, color or national origin” in forming a reasonable
suspicion. (Arizona SB 1070). “You have to have
lawful contact, reason to believe, and then can only arrest based on probable
cause,” says Pearce. (AZFamily
News, April 13, 2010). The bill simply “takes the handcuffs off
of law enforcement and lets them do their job.” (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2010).
Police agencies are split over the bill; the Arizona Association of Chiefs of
Police – made up of police chiefs who are politically appointed – is against
it, while police unions support it. (KPHO Phoenix,
April 15, 2010). Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his
aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, supports it, “Anybody we come
across that is here illegally, pursuant to this new law especially, they’re
going to jail.” Id.
The
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups have already pledged to
sue to block the bill from taking effect if Governor Brewer signs it into
law. (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2010).
According to these special interest groups, only the federal government has the
authority to enforce immigration laws. Id. But these
arguments ignore the fact that other state laws (with which FAIR and its legal
affiliate IRLI have assisted), including Arizona’s 2008 law mandating the use
of E-Verify, have withstood legal scrutiny. Through
the enactment of this legislation, Arizona lawmakers are sending a clear
message that they will not wait any longer for the federal government to take
action. Speaker of the Arizona House Kirk Adams observed, “This is
not a comprehensive solution. That’s not going to occur until the federal
government takes up its responsibility to protect Arizona. But that
doesn’t mean we should wait until then.” (The New York Times, April 14, 2010).
*THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY NO TO OPEN BORDERS, AMNESTY, ILLEGALS GETTING OUR JOBS AND LA RAZA “THE RACE” MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of AMERICA!
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week signed a new law into effect that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 60% of voters nationwide favor such a law, while 31% are opposed.
Seventy-seven
percent (77%) of Republicans support the law along with 62% of voters not
affiliated with either major party. Democratic voters are evenly divided on the
measure.
At
the same time, however, 58% of all voters are at least somewhat concerned that
“efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants will also end up violating
the civil rights of some U.S. citizens.” That figure includes 29% who are Very
Concerned about possible civil rights violations.
Voter
support for empowering local police comes at a time when most voters (56%)
believe it is unlikely Congress will take action to gain control of the border.
Only 31% say Congress is even somewhat likely to take such an action. That
figure includes just 10% who believe Congress is Very Likely to act.
President
Obama has denounced the Arizona law, and he and other critics of the measure
see it as an incentive to push new national immigration reform legislation to
supersede it.
Not
surprisingly, support for the law authorizing local police to arrest illegal
immigrants is a bit higher in Arizona than it is nationwide. As one of the
states most impacted by illegal immigration, 70% of voters statewide favor the new law.
Brewer signed the new law in the midst of a tough Republican Primary campaign. She antagonized many Republicans early on by supporting a statewide tax increase. More recently, she has pleased many voters by finding a way for the state to sue the federal government over the new health care reform law. Eighty-three percent (83%) of Arizona voters say a candidate's position on immigration is an important factor in how they will vote, including 51% who say it’s very important.
The
measure is also having an impact on this year’s Arizona Senate race. Senator
John McCain, who narrowly leads conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth in Arizona’s hotly
contested GOP Senate Primary race, has come out strongly in support of the new
law.
Democratic
strategist Susan Estrich notes that “the federal government is supposed to
secure the border. Its failure to do so effectively … invites measures like
Arizona's. … In the final analysis, the greatest threat to the rule of law is
the lawlessness that leaves both desperate immigrants and desperate citizens
vulnerable and afraid.”
This
national telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on April 22 and
23, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports
surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion
Research, LLC. See methodology.
The new survey results are consistent with findings conducted over many years. Three-out-of-four voters believe that the federal government is not doing enough to secure the nation’s borders. In fact, 56% believe that the policies of the federal government encourage illegal immigration. Among voters who are angry about immigration, 83% are angry at the federal government. Only 12% direct their anger at the immigrants
The
biggest point of disconnect between voters and the conventional wisdom in
Washington, D.C. has to do with priorities. Almost always in Washington, the
debate begins with a focus on how to address the status of illegal immigrants.
To voters, that is a secondary concern. Controlling the borders is the top
concern. That hasn’t changes since the 2006
immigration legislation collapsed when the U.S. Senate surrendered to public
opinion. During that debate, a New York
Times/CBS poll found that 69% believed illegal immigrants should be prosecuted
and deported.
Other
surveys have found that 73% of voters
want cops to check the immigration status of all offenders during traffic stops. Sixty-seven
percent (67%) also say that if law enforcement officers know of places where
immigrants gather to find work, they should sometimes conduct surprise raids to
identify and deport those who are here illegally.
Sixty-eight
percent (68%) of voters
nationwide say that those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be
punished. By a 48% to 36% margin, voters say the same about
landlords who rent to illegal immigrants. Additionally, 77% of voters
nationwide oppose drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants. That topic
tripped up Hillary Clinton in a debate during the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Joe Arpaio, the
sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, created a national controversy by
aggressively enforcing national immigration laws. While his efforts prompted a
U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation, the sheriff remains popular
in his home state. Most Arizona voters not only support his policies, but 58% say he has
been good for the state’s image. On a personal basis, Arpaio is viewed
favorably by 68% of Arizona voters.
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Immigration
advocacy groups to challenge Arizona law
By
Jonathan J. Cooper and Paul Davenport
Sunday, April 25, 2010; A08
Sunday, April 25, 2010; A08
PHOENIX
-- Arizona's governor is vowing that the state's tough new law targeting illegal
immigration
will be implemented with no tolerance for racial profiling, but at least two
advocacy groups are preparing legal challenges and Mexico is warning that the
law could affect cross-border relations.
Gov. Jan Brewer (R) on Friday signed into
law a bill that supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with
illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug
smuggling from Mexico and home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants.
The
law requires police to question people about their immigration status --
including asking for identification -- if they suspect that someone is in the
country illegally. It has sparked fears among legal immigrants and U.S. citizens
that they will be hassled by police because they look Hispanic.
The
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund said it plans to challenge
the law, which it said "launches Arizona into a spiral of pervasive fear,
community distrust, increased crime and costly litigation, with nationwide
repercussions."
CATHOLIC
AND MEXICAN CHURCHES WERE TOLD BY LA RAZA “THE RACE” NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
2010 CENSUS TO KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM KNOW THAT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT’S
PROPAGANDA THAT THERE WERE ONLY 12 MILLION ILLEGALS IS JUST THAT! LA RAZA
FASCIST PROPAGANDA! MOST SOURCES PUT THE NUMBER AT 38 MILLION AND BREEDING LIKE
BUNNIES!
William
Sanchez, president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian
Leaders Legal Defense Fund, said his group is preparing a federal lawsuit
against Arizona to stop the law from being applied. The group represents 30,000
evangelical churches nationwide, including 300 Latino pastors in Arizona.
THERE ARE CALCULATED TO BE 38 MILLION OF THESE “SHOCKED” MEXICAN FLAG WAVERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN OUR JOBS!
"Millions of Latinos around the country are shocked," Sanchez said. (THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 38 MILLION MEXICANS IN OUR BORDERS AND JOBS NOW!)
Current
law in Arizona and most other states does not require police to inquire about
immigration status, and many police departments prohibit officers from asking
out of fear of losing immigrants' cooperation in other investigations.
Brewer
ordered the state's law enforcement licensing agency to develop a training
course on how to implement the law without violating civil rights. "We
must enforce the law evenly, and without regard to skin color, accent or social
status," she said. "We must prove the alarmists and the cynics
wrong."
Immigrants unable to provide documentation of legal presence could be arrested, jailed for as long as six months and fined $2,500. Legal immigrants will be required to carry paperwork proving their status.
The law also allows suits against government agencies that hinder enforcement of immigration laws and toughens restrictions on hiring illegal immigrants and knowingly transporting them.
"It's
going to change our lives," said Emilio Almodovar, a 13-year-old U.S.
citizen from Phoenix. "We can't walk to school anymore. We can't be in the
streets anymore without the [police] thinking we're illegal immigrants."
Mexico warned that the law could affect cross-border relations, with Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa saying her country would have to "consider whether the cooperation agreements that have been developed with Arizona are viable and useful." Francisco Loureiro, an immigration activist who runs a shelter in Nogales, Mexico, called the measure "racist" and said it would lead to additional police abuses.
"Police in Arizona already treat migrants worse than animals," he said. "There is already a hunt for migrants, and now it will be open season under the cover of a law." Loureiro said about 250 deported immigrants have been arriving nightly at his shelter and that most say they were detained by police.
After signing the legislation, Brewer said critics were "overreacting" and vowed not to tolerate racial profiling.
"We
in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act," she
said. "But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a
dangerous and unacceptable situation."
--
Associated Press
Illegals Sexually Assault Eight
American Kids Everyday (Get some more facts about AZ, FIRST!)
Illegals Sexually Assault
Eight American Kids Everyday Illegal Alien Violence On the Border and In Every American City is Sky High!
Illegal alien known as the “Chandler Rapist” received a 168 year sentence. Mexican national Santana Batiz-Aceves, 39, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to 168 years in prison. A month ago, he pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual conduct with a minor, five counts of molestation of a child, one count of aggravated assault and one count of attempted sexual assault.
On January 11, 2008, police in Chandler, AZ arrested Aceves, and based on DNA evidence, charged him with 47 various counts. The string of child rapes took place between June 2006-November 2007.
At the time of his arrest, he had already been deported twice for drug charges in California. Aceves faced charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, burglary, sexual abuse of a minor, child molestation, giving police false information, providing false documents, and trespassing.
Though an illegal alien, Aceves was working as a heavy equipment operator and lived very close to two junior high schools.
The police had reason to believe that Aceves is in the country illegally, so his immigration status had been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Save American Lives!
Fax Washington To STOP Amnesty And Secure The Border!!
SELECT HERE NOW! To Secure the Border And Stop Amnesty
This story is outrageous and never had to happen. Now as if forcing ObamaCare on Americans wasn’t enough, this summer Obama is planning on shoving another giant dose of his socials agenda down your throat! Hold onto your constitution, AMNESTY is heading your way!
The mainstream media cackled with delight when they heard the news that Sen. Harry Reid was going to be giving the American public another dose of his radical leftist agenda. "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is moving full steam ahead with a politically tenuous strategy to pass comprehensive immigration reform this summer -- with or without Republicans -- in an effort to inspire Latino voters ahead of the midterm elections," says Roll Call. Even amidst concerns that lawmakers will be tied up all summer with the Supreme Court nomination Reid is steamrolling ahead!
Don’t be fooled, remember when they tried this back in 2007? Immigration reform was amnesty then and its amnesty for illegal criminals now! We didn’t want it then and we don’t want it now!
Things haven’t gotten any better since 2007, they’ve gotten worse. Illegal alien violence on the border and in every American city is sky high! Jobs that Americans need NOW are being taken by illegal aliens. Hospitals are shutting down at the hands of illegals who clog up emergency rooms and don’t pay a dime for their service. Hospitals just can’t make money when they are forced to give out health care handouts left and right! And top it off; you would think that since they are getting all this free stuff you’d think they’d at least want to be part of the great melting pot of America. Think again, the cultural divide is growing; there are many illegal aliens that are working to further their idea of Aztlan, which has known ties to the global socialist movement and aims to take over the southwest states in the United States and form a new nation.
We don’t want what Reid is pushing, he’s pushing AMNESTY! What we want is strict enforcement of current laws and a rock solid border! According to Congressman Steve King just ONE DAY of strict enforcement of our immigration laws and border security would have a dramatic result:
The lives of 12 U.S. citizens would be saved who otherwise would die a violent death at the hands of murderous illegal aliens each day.
Another 13 Americans would survive who are otherwise killed each day by uninsured drunk driving illegals.
There would be no one to smuggle the heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines, which plague the United States, across our southern border reducing the U.S. supply of methamphetamines that day, by 80%.
Our hospital emergency rooms would not be flooded with everything from gunshot wounds, to anchor babies, to tuberculosis and other imported diseases, to hangnails and give American citizens the day off from standing in line behind illegals.
Eight American children would not suffer the horror as victims of sex crimes.
Liberals are on cloud 9 since they rammed healthcare through. They think they have momentum. But they don’t know America, they live in a bubble! Show them they can not ignore the will of the American people! Show them where the real momentum lies! STOP AMNESTY – SECURE THE BORDER!
WE MUST STOP AMNESTY AGAIN!
FAX Washington to STOP Amnesty And Secure The Border!!
SELECT HERE NOW! STOP THE NEW OBAMA AMNESTY BILL
At the beginning of Obama’s reign Congress was convened, and the newly elected Senators and Congressmen took their oaths of office. At that point, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced a set of ten bills, letting everyone know exactly what the Democrats’ agenda is for the new 111th Congress and Obama.
Guess what number nine was?
S. 9 is a little two page bill called the “Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009,”
which was written to be a placeholder for so-called "comprehensive" immigration legislation, otherwise known as "Amnesty"! One of the main focuses of this bill is -- surprise, surprise -- "reforming and rationalizing" avenues for immigration.
Already an average of 32,000 immigrants were detained each day in the first year of the Obama administration, and more than 380,000 were deported. These numbers are an increase of more than 60% over the Bush years -- meaning that illegal aliens are crossing the borders in greater numbers than previously, in expectation of being granted Amnesty by Obama.
Help us mobilize common sense, patriotic Americans against this travesty!! The Obama administration's plan for mass Amnesty MUST BE STOPPED!
Which is why I hope we can count on you for a much-needed donation of $25, $35, $50, $75, $100, $250, or more to Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Project Select Here to Donate.
Yes, I know I am asking a lot of you today.
Especially in these difficult economic times.
But please, remember what is at stake -- the security, the safety, the sovereignty -- very possibly the very survival of not just Americans, but America herself.
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For America,
Chris Simcox
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Project
Please send your checks to:
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P.O. Box 1310
Herndon, VA 20172
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OBAMA HAS SUED ARIZONA TO
SABOTAGE E-VERIFY AND HELP PUT MORE
ILLEGALS IN OUR JOBS AND VOTING BOOTHS!Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Another victory for American
workers in Arizona. Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the
get-tough employer sanctions law in the state. The law hits employers who
knowingly hire illegal aliens with strict penalties and in some cases even
strips businesses of their licenses. A lower court upheld the same law in
February. But open-borders and amnesty groups along with the business lobby are
considering yet another appeal.
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