Department of Justice Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez announces the department's findings following an investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, lead by controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 in Phoenix. The Justice department says it has reasonable cause to believe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has engaged in a pattern of misconduct that violates federal and Constitutional law. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, middle, Capt. Steve Whitney, left, and Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan all pause as they discuss the latest in the document release on Arpaio's office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz., during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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samkat posted at 6:27 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
Obama would prefer that no illegals be identified or deported.
Leon Ceniceros posted at 6:40 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
Folks,......................THIS IS JOURNALISM....THIS IS REPORTING....READ IT A COUPLE TIME BECAUSE YOU RARELY SEE "UN-BIASED", FACT BASED REPORTING IN OUR LOCAL MEDIA.
Now you have to ask yourselves another question....WHY AREN'T OUR MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISORS.......STANDING ALONGSIDE THE MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY...ADDING THEIR WEIGHT TO THIS IMPENDING LEGAL CASTASTROPY.
Just like President Obama and his Secretary of Homeland "In-Security", Janet Napolitano...our Maricopa County Supervisors being Democrats are more concerned about the ...HISPANIC VOTE......than the safety of the American Citizens of Maricopa County.
But they aren't the only ones....where is Maricopa Congressman Jeff Flake ??? Why isn't he banging on Janet Napolitano's door ...DEMANDING...that she rescind her disasterous "Order" that allows Mexican Illegal Aliens "CRIMINALS"...not to be fingerprinted and to go ...SCOTT FREE ???
Congressman Jeff Flake...it's time to put up or get out out politics...either you were elected to serve the ..AMERICAN CITIZENS...in your US Congressional District or...you have chosen to follow the dictates of certain religious leaders on matters of Illegal Alien Immigration and you have decided to serve the .....CITIZENS OF MEXICO, GUATAMALA, HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR.
The choice is simple........EITHER CHOSE TO .."PROTECT"..THE BORDER ......OR..........TO .."OPEN"....THE BORDER TO ANOTHER 20,000,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS.
hotpotatoe posted at 7:50 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
THE UNITED STATES ARE SOVERN AND INDEPENDENT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FED'S WILL SOON REALIZE THE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF GOVERNMENT LAW BREAKERS GETTING AWAY WITH THIS TYPE OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. NOT THIS TIME FED LAW BREAKER DECEPTIVE SIDE TRACKING FOOLISH IGNORANT AMERICAN COMMUNIST. WE WILL FIGHT YOU BACK TO DEFEND OUR NATIONS BORDERS AND LAND WE DIED FOR TO BEGIN WITH. " NOW BACK OFF AND GET OFF OUR TURF OR YOU COULD BE SUBJECTED TO ARREST OR MORE.
Cunning Linguist posted at 7:56 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
You don't need a racial profiling, constitution breaking, illegal, unAmerican carte blanche capability to repress Americans who don't look, talk, worship, like you think they should. We are sick of your abuse of our civil rights. And don't fall all over yourself thinking I'm a Democrat. I am a Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Republican who just happens to remember why we fought WWII, what it took to get Civil Rights in this country and how hard it is to get your freedom back once the police decide to take it away....especially when they are wrong. This is a nation built on the presumption of innocence. We are not a monarchy, a police state, a communist state, a repressive regime. That is the kind of police powers that are available in those regimes. We are Americans. Emigrate yourself if you want to employ your Nazi tactics. As a TRUE Republican I heap scorn on your attempt to use fear to take my freedom. You will not get my guns and you will not take my freedom to go about my lawful business without harassment. This is not California or Alabama. You are in Arizona, and we can think for ourselves. Take this idea somewhere else. Sol
Cunning Linguist posted at 8:05 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
Arpaio must go. He has harassed at least 12 people that I know personally, who were born in Arizona, most of whom are veterans. His cronies and tools have stopped them on the freeway for "doing the speed limit", searched their cars, taken them into custody because their driver's licenses were not "proof enough", held them overnight, called them all kinds of derogatory names, shoved them, and generally treated them (American citizens) with contempt. Why? Because they look to his deputies like they "MIGHT" be undocumented/illegally in the US. This year it is Latinos. Next year it might be blacks, or Indians, or Asians or who knows. This has got to stop. It isn't a Republican or a Democrat issue, it is our freedom!!!!!! Arpaio has got to go. He has overstepped again and again. He is more illegal than the "illegals" he is supposedly worrying about. But don't count on these losers if your daughter gets raped or molested...they don't have time for that kind of police work. Arpaio has got to go!
asuaguila posted at 10:38 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
It's still not clear how this administrative change prevents any law enforcement agency from holding a felon. Furthermore, maybe if the sheriff's office should have paid more attention to all of the sex offenders that it ignored, he would not be under attack from so many different sides.
TruthSeeker posted at 11:09 pm on Fri, Dec 16, 2011.
The DOJ and Homeland Security must be getting nervous because the Supreme Court agreed to hear the SB 1070 case, which ironically was announced just this week. They are also trying to diffuse attention away from their Fast and Furious debacle. Threatening Sheriff Arpaio at this time is just retaliation for enforcing our immigration laws, the ones they don't happen to like. Gee, whatever happened to those Black Panthers who intimidated voters in 2008? I guess the DOJ thought the victims were the wrong color.
AndyB posted at 1:43 am on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
Illegal is illegal and that is not a hard concept to understand. I'm a vet who says that Joe is doing a great job!
ciara500 posted at 8:29 am on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
Doesn't it seem strange that some folks get confused between LEGAL/ILLEGAL? This is what is confusing all these folks who are opposing Sheriff Joe. Am I wrong? A few weeks ago, Sheriff Jope was asked to do an investigation of obama's legality. Now look at what has happened. All these so called botched crimes......I can't believe this as it does not ring true. The justice dept, obama, and holder are all over this.....and I have to ask why? What is in it for them?? If I was in a top notch position that obama and holder are in...I would make sure of what is going on and stay on top of it. Yet is seem that they are covering each others behindsand when asked about fast and furious, you get some dumb answers as,"I don't know, or I wasn't aware." These guys are in the position to lead our country, they took an oath to defend it. Yet it seems that they only care about are open borders, and the votes and the US be damned. Shame on them!!!!
Dale Whiting posted at 8:41 am on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
Cunning Linguist 9 (vent #2)
Welcome aboard! I'm with you. Let the Neo-cons rant and raive all they want. You and I have the picture!
ciara500 posted at 8:47 am on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
Legal/Illegal.........it does make a difference. Sheriff Joe catching flak because of this. Now if the government says that the border is their job,,,,then why aren't they enforcing the laws that are written instead of having their own agendas or making the laws up as they go?
Masterrogue666 posted at 10:58 pm on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
So, because King Obama REFUSES TO ENFORCE Federal law, now he's issued orders to make it impossible for CERTAIN Police departments to check if a person is an ILLEGAL ALIEN or not.
If an ILLEGAL ALIEN isn't detained, then later commits another crime (like murder, et al), then IMHO then Obama, and the President of Homeland Security should both be held accountable.
Masterrogue666 posted at 11:15 pm on Sat, Dec 17, 2011.
@ "Cunning Linguist":
You claim you know at least 12 people that MCSO treated "with contempt"? Why aren't they express their views here? The Federal government has taken away tools needed in order to verify if a person is a citizen or not. If you are a citizen, then you need not worry.
As for being concerned about my daughter, I am when I hear how often ILLEGAL ALIENS RECROSS the WIDE OPEN BORDER! Want some proof? Google "Chandler Rapist" and check out Santana Batiz-Aceves. Here's what I found out:
"Santana Batiz-Aceves, a 39-year-old illegal immigrant suspected of being the Chandler Rapist, was deported twice for criminal charges in California in 1999 and 2003. Both convictions were in Sacramento County."
And what about the TWO DRUG SMUGGLERS recently caught by MCSO. One (Ivan
Lara-Roque) has been deported 13 times and was banned from entering the USA again. The other one was caught In Colorado and deported, then caught again within a week of him being deported. He's crossed 14 times!
So, because of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DANGEROUS CRIMINALS will be able to freely walk among US CITIZENS!
Is that what you really want?
Arizona Willie posted at 7:52 am on Tue, Dec 20, 2011.
Although the Federal Government is charging Sheriff Joe with being biased against illegals, they have admitted the problem is HUGE.
ICE is stationing 50 ( fifty ) agents in Joe's jails to do the checks for illegal immigrants!!!
50
FIFTY!!
That is an admission by the Feds that the problem in Arizona is terribly out of control and our border is non-existent.