Monday, April 9, 2012

FAIR Legislative Update April 9, 2012 - OBAMA AGAIN HARASSES LEGALS IN ARIZONA!

FAIR Legislative Update April 9, 2012

FOR THE ILLEGALS' VOTES, OBAMA HAS SUED FOUR AMERICAN STATES FOR LA RAZA, SABOTAGED E-VERIFY TO HELP EASE EVEN MORE ILLEGALS INTO OUR JOBS, SABOTAGED VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR I.D.S, AND PUSHED OUR BORDERS OPEN WIDER!


Obama Administration Challenges Arizona E-Verify Law

The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a 2007 Arizona law that punishes employers who hire illegal aliens, a law enacted by then-Governor Janet Napolitano. (Solicitor General's Amicus Curiae Brief). Called the “Legal Arizona Workers Act,” the law requires all employers in Arizona to use E-Verify and provides that the business licenses of those who hire illegal workers shall be repealed. From the date of enactment, the Chamber of Commerce and other special interest groups have been trying to undo it, attacking it through a failed ballot initiative and also through a lawsuit. Now the Chamber is asking the United States Supreme Court to hear the case (Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria), and the Obama Administration is weighing in against the law.

DOJ Announces it Will Sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio

In the Obama Administration's latest move to undermine state and local immigration enforcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week it intends to sue Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for allegedly racially profiling Latinos in violation of federal law. (Reuters, Apr. 3, 2012)
The DOJ's announcement comes after Sheriff Arpaio refused to allow a federal court appointed "monitor" to oversee his office's activities. The DOJ had requested such a monitor to ensure that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is adhering to a settlement negotiated after the Administration formally accused it of unlawful policing practices. (Id.) But Sheriff Arpaio rejected this request as overreaching. "Appointment of an outside monitor essentially usurps the powers and duties of an elected sheriff and transfers them to a person or group of persons selected by the federal government," said the Sheriff's Office in a statement about the ordeal. (See Sheriff Arpaio Press Release, Apr. 3, 2012)
According to the DOJ, a draft of the settlement had already reached 128-pages at the time negotiations between the parties broke down. (Reuters, Apr. 3, 2012)
The Administration formally accused the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office of unlawfully discriminating against Latinos in December 2011. (DOJ Letter to Maricopa County Attorney, Dec. 15, 2011) At that time, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez (who is also leading the DOJ's fight to strike down state immigration laws) accused the Sheriff's office of two types of unlawful practices. (See FAIR Legislative Update, Dec. 19, 2011) First, it claimed the Sheriff's office engages in "unconstitutional policing" in violation of federal law. Specifically, the DOJ states that the Sheriff's Office racially profiles Latinos; unlawfully stops, detains, and arrests Latinos; and unlawfully retaliates against individuals who complain about its practices. (DOJ Letter, p. 1-2) Second, the DOJ accused the office of unlawfully discriminating against Latino inmates in the county jail. It states that Maricopa County Sheriff Office deputies, detention officers, and other staff "routinely punish[] Latino [] inmates for failing to understand commands given in English and denies them critical services provided to the other inmates…." (DOJ Letter, p. 1-2)
To prove its claim of racial profiling, the DOJ must demonstrate that the policies of Sheriff's office "had a discriminatory effect and [] was motivated by a discriminatory purpose." (See U.S. v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 465 (1996)) In determining whether there was a discriminatory purpose, courts look to a number of factors. These include whether the impact of the law bears more heavily on one race than another, the historical background of the policy, the sequence of events leading up to the policy, departures from normal procedure, and legislative history. (See Village of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Redev. Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 266-268 (1977))
The Administration has already begun retaliating against the Sheriff's Office despite the fact the DOJ has yet to file suit. In fact, the day the DOJ sent its letter of investigation to the Maricopa County Attorney, the Department of Homeland Security rescinded the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and "restricted its use" of the Secure Communities program. (See DHS Press Release, Dec. 15, 2011)


 FROM JUDICIAL WATCH
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/nclr-funding-skyrockets-after-obama-hires-its-vp

NCLR Funding Skyrockets After Obama Hires Its VP
06/17/2011
A Judicial Watch investigation reveals that federal funding for a Mexican La Raza group that for years has raked in millions of taxpayer dollars has skyrocketed since one of its top officials got a job in the Obama White House.
The influential and politically-connected National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has long benefitted from Uncle Sam's largess but the group has made a killing since Obama hired its senior vice president (Cecilia Muñoz) in 2009 to be his director of intergovernmental affairs.
Ignored by the mainstream media, Judicial Watch covered the appointment because the president issued a special "ethics waiver" to bring Muñoz aboard since it violated his own lobbyist ban. At the pro illegal immigration NCLR, Muñoz supervised all legislative and advocacy activities on the state and local levels and she was heavily involved in the congressional immigration battles that took place in the George W. Bush Administration.
She also brought in a steady flow of government cash that's allowed the Washington D.C.-based group to expand nationwide and promote its leftist, open-borders agenda via a network of community organizations dedicated to serving Latinos.Among them are a variety of local groups that provide social services, housing counseling and farm worker assistance as well as publicly-funded charter schools that promote radical Chicano curriculums. Judicial Watch published a special report on this a few years ago.
This week a JW probe has uncovered details of the alarming increase in federal funding that these NCLR groups have received since Muñoz joined the Obama Administration. In fact, the government cash more than doubled the year Muñoz joined the White House, from $4.1 million to $11 million.
Not surprisingly, a big chunk of the money (60%) came from the Department of Labor, which is headed by a former California congresswoman (Hilda Solis) with close ties to the La Raza movement. Since Obama named her Labor Secretary, Solis has launched a nationwide campaign to protect illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. Just this week Solis penned declarations with Guatemala and Nicaragua to preserve the rights of their migrants.
The NCLR also received additional taxpayer dollars from other federal agencies in 2010, the JW probe found. The Department of Housing and Urban Development doled out $2.5 million for housing counseling, the Department of Education contributed nearly $800,000 and the Centers for Disease Control a quarter of a million.
Additionally, NCLR affiliates nationwide raked in tens of millions of government grant and recovery dollars last year thanks to the Muñoz factor. An offshoot called Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) saw its federal funding nearly double to $18.3 million following Muñoz' appointment.
A social service and legal assistance organization (Ayuda Inc.) that didn't receive any federal funding between 2005 and 2008 got $600,000 in 2009 and $548,000 in 2010 from the Department of Justice. The group provides immigration law services and guarantees confidentiality to assure illegal aliens that they won't be reported to authorities.

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SHOCKING FACTS ON OBAMA’S FUNDING OF THE MEXICAN SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT OF LA RAZA


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