Suit challenges prosecutions under Arizona smuggling law
Arizona Smuggling Law
FILE - In this Saturday night, May 3, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. Border Patrol, some of the 61 suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico are seen after U.S. Border Patrol agents found them in a tractor-trailer, on Interstate 8 east of San Diego. Before leading the way for other states to pursue immigration laws, Arizona passed a ban on human smuggling in 2005 that has led to more than 2,100 arrests and drawn criticism for a tactic in which people who pay to be sneaked into the country are charged as conspirators to the crime. Seventy-five percent of the people charged under the smuggling law in the state's largest county since 2008 have been charged with conspiring to sneak themselves into the country, drawing complaints from immigrant rights advocates that the statute was intended for often-violent smugglers, not their customers. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol, File)
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Juggernaut8000 posted at 2:28 pm on Sat, Nov 24, 2012.
Immigrant right activists are traitors and should be quickly dispatched of.
DataMan posted at 4:24 pm on Sat, Nov 24, 2012.
There is only ONE county in AZ where the law is interpreted this way. Maricopa Cty. And that happened when the CLOWN sheriff asked the now DISBARRED County Atty for a legal opinion about it.
The SAME CLOWN Sheriff that just cost taxpayers another $3.25 MILLION for his failure to take care of an inmate just last week.
DataMan posted at 4:29 pm on Sat, Nov 24, 2012.
This policy olny occurs in ONE AZ County. Where the Nut Arpaio asked the now disbarred County Attorney Thomas for a legal opinion on it.
Ateam1 posted at 12:17 pm on Sun, Nov 25, 2012.
Get rid of ALL ILLEGALS period! This should'nt even need to be discussed! Go MCSO!
Deddzone posted at 1:19 pm on Sun, Nov 25, 2012.
DataMan, correct about that one county. And the sheriff won by only 0.7%. What these folks fear is the Hisapanic vote--which they are losing.
Masterrogue666 posted at 4:04 pm on Sun, Nov 25, 2012.
What to they mean by "drawing complaints from immigrant rights advocates". Is this being done to LEGAL IMMIGRANTS? If so, than it must be stopped. If they are referring to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, they are CRIMINALS, and therefore it SHOULD BE APPLIED to them!
Masterrogue666 posted at 4:13 pm on Sun, Nov 25, 2012.
Dataman: Did you even bother to READ the article? I guess you missed this part:
"Despite the heavy criticism from immigrant rights advocates, state courts upheld the legal interpretation of then-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Still, opponents have continued opposing the conspiracy approach in federal court."
So, the STATE COURTS upheld the legal interpretation. Is that clear enough for you now?
samkat posted at 7:44 pm on Tue, Nov 27, 2012.
Obviously dataman and dedzone, paying a smuggler to enter the country illegally does not constitute a felony nor does the smuggler who assisted them in crossing the border in your eyes. In any other instance, a participant to a crime is just as guilty as the person committing the crime unless that person happens to be an illegal Hispanic.