Widespread public interest in getting local police more involved with federal immigration law should not become an unfunded mandate that usurps local control to focus on a problem that’s not even a crime.

What is wrong with this picture? Illegal immigrants stream across the border daily with backpacks, guns, drugs and whatever without so much as a challenge from federal authorities, and so-called sanctuary cities refuse to inquire about an individual’s right to be in our country. But American citizens have to submit to outrageous intrusion on our privacy to board a domestic flight to grandma’s for Thanksgiving dinner. Arizona tries to enforce existing law against illegal immigration and the federal government challenges THEM in court while refusing in many cases to prosecute or deport criminal aliens that end up in our justice system. Exactly who or what is our government more concerned about here?

Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to turn a new statewide photo speed enforcement initiative into a major cash cow for Arizona.

On Oct. 7 following the sixth and seventh murders of two small children who'd been on "the radar" of local police and Arizona Child Protective Services, Gov. Jan Brewer ordered the establishment of the Arizona Child Safety Task Force to examine the state's current policies and practices when it comes to protecting children.

The Fountain Hills Town Council began charting a course for the 2005-06 fiscal year during its annual retreat Friday at Fountain View Village.

Overhauling the nation's immigration laws is still a top priority for President Barack Obama, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

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Valley police are seeing increased caseloads — especially bank robberies, drug trafficking and fraud — that they often don’t have the resources to fully investigate, according to a new federal report.

Valley police are seeing increased caseloads — especially bank robberies, drug trafficking and fraud — that they often don’t have the resources to fully investigate, according to a new federal report.

It’s not sex on duty, flirting with citizens or even a minor assault that will most likely end a police officer’s career. Oftentimes, it’s something that might seem harmless. And it’s something many people do regularly: telling a lie.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has signed up 55 state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce immigration laws, including an Arizona country sheriff under investigation for racial profiling, the Homeland Security Department announced Friday.

The 28 sheriff's deputies reporting to Capt. Joe Rodriquez patrol Maricopa County's waterways, nabbing drunken boaters and responding to emergencies from Lake Pleasant to Bartlett Reservoir to Saguaro Lake, a popular recreation spot east of Phoenix.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety hopes to begin a statewide photo enforcement program in September that would include 100 systems with 60 stationary speed cameras and 40 mobile speed units.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Many illegal immigrants who were facing deportation despite having no criminal record will be allowed to stay in the country and apply for a work permit under new rules from the Homeland Security Department. Republicans are balking at the change.

In the weeks before she signed Arizona's tough new immigration law, Gov. Jan Brewer's office was inundated with letters, e-mails, faxes and phone calls, with more than 90 percent urging her to veto the legislation.

In its first year, the landmark Arizona law prohibiting employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants has produced no civil cases against businesses.

A budget move by Arizona’s two U.S. senators could undermine at least part of the injunction against the state’s new immigration law.

The Mesa Police Department’s best, bravest and brightest were honored at the agency’s annual awards banquet Friday night.

The Mesa Police Department’s best, bravest and brightest were honored at the agency’s annual awards banquet Friday night.

The Department of Justice filed suit Tuesday, asking a federal judge to block Arizona's new law aimed at illegal immigrants from taking effect.

Reaction by advocacy groups, elected officials and others to the U.S. Department of Justice's filing of a lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law:

Don't dust off those license plate frames you just took off your car just yet.