Author Luis Alberto Urrea was Bill Moyers’s guest on this week’s edition of “Moyers and Company.” Urrea has dedicated his life to telling the stories of the people who live along the 1,969 miles of border between the U.S. and Mexico

A clash over immigration law will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, pitting the state of Arizona against President Barack Obama in a case with election-year political ramifications for him and Republican rival Mitt Romney.

In its second-biggest case this term, the court - fresh from hearing the Obama healthcare overhaul case - will consider on Wednesday whether a tough Arizona immigration crackdown strayed too far into the federal government's powers.

A pro-Arizona decision would be a legal and political setback for Obama, who has criticized the state's law and vowed to push for immigration legislation if re-elected on November 6.

A decision against Arizona would deal a blow to Romney, who has said the government should drop its challenge to the law.

Americans generally support immigration laws like Arizona's and are ambivalent about the federal and state roles at the core of the case, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll found.

About 70 percent of those surveyed favored state laws that let police check a person's immigration status and make it a crime for an illegal immigrant to work in the United States; about 30 percent opposed such measures.

On the question of who has responsibility for immigration laws, the core of the Supreme Court case, 59 percent said immigration was a national issue and laws relating to it should only be made by the federal government; 55 percent said individual states had the right to make such laws, too.

The oral arguments on this essential point set the stage for a rematch of the attorneys in last month's healthcare battle.

Paul Clement, a solicitor general during Republican George W. Bush's presidency, will represent Arizona.

Donald Verrilli, a former White House lawyer and solicitor general under Obama, will represent the federal government after what some deemed a lackluster performance in March.

The Justice Department has cut off negotiations with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and officials with the Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff’s Office in its effort to install an independent monitor to rein in the unconstitutional tactics used by officers there.

Arpaio, who calls himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” defied the Justice Department suggestion that it could sue the county and the sheriff’s office to force the issue.

Federal authorities say they won't deport six illegal immigrants arrested during a Phoenix protest over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's (ar-PY'-ohs) immigration policies.
 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Wednesday that they determined that the protesters did not fall under "ICE's enforcement priorities."
 
Nearly 150 people were at Tuesday's rally, which blocked a street in front of a high school.

PHOENIX - Arizona Dream Act students and their supporters spoke out Thursday against a Republican Florida senator who's rumored to become Mitt Romney's running mate, if the former Massachusetts governor becomes the Republican presidential nominee

President Obama’s attempt to “soften” U.S. immigration enforcement — in what has been widely viewed as an election-year appeal to Hispanic voters — has so far produced mixed results on both practical and political fronts, according to a new Syracuse University report and anecdotal accounts...

The scars of childbirth were still healing on Amelia Reyes Jimenez's stomach in 2008 when police came to her Phoenix apartment and took her three-month-old daughter from her arms....

By: LAUREN GILGER, CHARLES GORRA, and BRIAN ROSS - ABC

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.

The two leaders could be seen engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One's steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time.

Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said, "He was a little disturbed about my book."

Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir of her years growing up, and defends her signing of Arizona's controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes.

Obama was objecting to Brewer's description of a meeting he and Brewer had at the White House, where she described Obama as lecturing her. In an interview in November Brewer described two tense meetings. The first took place before his commencement address at Arizona State University. "He did blow me off at ASU," she said in the television interview in November.

She also described meeting the president at the White House in 2010 to talk about immigration. "I felt a little bit like I was being lectured to, and I was a little kid in a classroom, if you will, and he was this wise professor and I was this little kid, and this little kid knows what the problem is and I felt minimized to say the least."

On the tarmac Wednesday, Brewer handed Obama an envelope with a handwritten invitation to return to Arizona to meet her for lunch and to join her for a visit to the border.

"I said to him, you know, I have always respected the office of the president and that the book is what the book is," she told reporters Wednesday. She said Obama complained that she described him as not treating her cordially.

"I said that I was sorry that he felt that way. Anyway, we're glad he's here, and we'll regroup."

A White House official said Brewer handed Obama a letter and said she was inviting him to meet with her. The official said Obama told her he would be glad to meet with her again. The official said Obama did note that after their last meeting, which the official described as a cordial discussion in the Oval Office, the governor inaccurately described the meeting in her book. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation between the president and the governor.

Gov. Brewer Gets Book Critique from Obama

Updated: Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012, 6:39 PM MST
Published : Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012, 4:36 PM MST

JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.

The two leaders could be seen engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One's steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time.

Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: "He was a little disturbed about my book."

Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir of her years growing up and defends her signing of Arizona's controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes.

More in Article........

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The explosive issue of immigration is poised to creep back into the Republican primary battle as the candidates prepare to barnstorm South Carolina, one of a handful of states being sued by the federal government for their illegal immigration crackdowns

The prime suspect in the series of up to 55 blazes in the Los Angeles area told authorities upon his detention, "I hate America," according to ABC News sources directly involved in the case.

The sources told ABC News exclusively that the man identified by police as a "person of interest" is now considered a "prime suspect" and is believed to be a German national who may have been motivated by a deportation hearing against his mother that took place in LA County about a week and a half ago.

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, RAY HOMER, KATIE KINDELAN and COLLEEN CURRY

Phoenix - MCSO says deputies contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pick up six of the illegal immigrants that could not be charged with felonies under Arizona's human smuggling laws. MCSO says their deputies were told by ICE officials that according to the new order from the Department of Homeland Security, ICE would not pick them up.

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court in Atlanta has denied requests by Georgia and Alabama to delay action on legal challenges to their tough new laws targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on a similar challenge to Arizona's immigration law

PHOENIX (AP) — The Homeland Security Department will use 50 immigration agents to screen jail inmates in Arizona's most populous county after it revoked the sheriff's authority to access its systems, the agency said Monday in a letter to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl.

PHOENIX (KPHO) - There have been a lot of names hurled at Sheriff Joe Arpaio over the past few years, from  'The Toughest Sheriff in America' and 'The Godfather of Pink Underwear' to 'Racist' and 'The Devil'.

When it comes to protests. the lines seem very clearly drawn over those who support the Sheriff no matter what, and those who will stand against him no matter what. 

By:  Amanda Hernandez

Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday the department is ending an agreement with the Maricopa County sheriff’s office that allowed trained deputies to enforce immigration laws. It’s also restricting the office’s use of the Secure Communities program, which uses fingerprints collected in local jails to identify illegal immigrants.

PHOENIX (KPHO) -Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio addressed reporters Thursday afternoon in the wake of a Department of Justice report that found that his office carried out a blatant pattern of discrimination against Latinos.

Here is what he had to say:

I want to say something to the citizens of Arizona and the rest of the nation.  On the surface, it may appear that today's finding and actions by our federal government are directed toward the sheriff and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.  The truth is, this is a sad day for America as a whole.

The federal government's decision to stop an Arizona sheriff from checking inmates' immigration status will allow criminals to be released into the community, the county's top prosecutor said Friday as he asked the president to order Homeland Security officials to immediately restore access to federal systems revoked a day earlier.

The Obama administration action came after the Department of Justice determined that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office participated in a "systemic disregard" for the Constitutional rights of Latinos while targeting illegal immigrants.

The Justice Department comments' Thursday that the lawman's office carried out a blatant pattern of discrimination against Latinos and held a "systematic disregard" for the Constitution brought the most bruising criticism yet to Arpaio's boundary-pushing foray into Arizona's immigration enforcement over the last six years.

County Attorney Bill Montgomery said the federal government's actions will prevent his office from enforcing an Arizona law denying bail to illegal immigrants charged with serious felonies.

Arpaio, defiant and caught by surprise by the report's release on Thursday, called the allegations a politically motivated attack by President Barack Obama's administration that will make Arizona unsafe by keeping illegal immigrants on the street.

The Obama administration "might as well erect their own pink neon sign at the Arizona-New Mexico border saying welcome illegals to your United States, my home is your home," he said.

The government found that Arpaio's office committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including unjust immigration patrols and jail policies that deprive prisoners of basic Constitutional rights. "We found discriminatory policing that was deeply rooted in the culture of the department, a culture that breeds a systematic disregard for basic constitutional protections," said Thomas Perez, who heads the Justice Department's civil rights division.

The report will be used by the Justice Department to seek major changes at Arpaio's office, such as new policies against discrimination and improvements of staff and officers. Arpaio faces a Jan. 4 deadline for saying whether he wants to work out an agreement to make the changes. If not, the federal government will sue him, possibly putting in jeopardy millions of dollars in federal funding for Maricopa County.

The fallout from the report was swift. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it is severing its ties with Arpaio, stripping his jail officers of their federal power to check whether inmates in county jails are in the county illegally.

Homeland Security officials also are restricting Arpaio's office from using a program that uses fingerprints collected in local jails to identify illegal immigrants.

Arpaio has long denied the racial profiling allegations, saying people are stopped if deputies have probable cause to believe they have committed crimes and that deputies later find many of them are illegal immigrants. He also said the decision by Homeland Security to sever ties will result in illegal immigrants being released from jail and large numbers.

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Associated Press Writer Alicia A. Caldwell contributed to this report from Washington, D.C.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have promised to complete a nearly 1,950-mile fence. Michele Bachmann wants a double fence. Ron Paul pledges to secure the nation's southern border by any means necessary, and Rick Perry says he can secure it without a fence - and do so within a year of taking office as president

by Will Weissert, Associated Press Writer

AVONDALE, AZ (KPHO) - Authorities uncovered a suspected drop house in Avondale on Wednesday night where they said people were held and beaten with a closet rod, wooden sticks and pistols.

DPS said it was the worst abuse they had seen in that type of case.

NOGALES, AZ (KPHO) - A dark, wet and smelly tunnel is the last place you'd expect to find cocaine and marijuana, but authorities said it is one of the pipelines used by the Sinaloa drug cartel, and it runs right beneath the city

By:  Tammy Leitner

NOGALES, AZ (KPHO) - CBS 5 News is kicking-off a 5 Investigates special: "24 Hours On The Border," with reports from Tammy Leitner and Morgan Loew.  Here's the first of their reports:

The new border fence cost roughly $16 million per mile, but law enforcement officials say it is worth the price as an improvement over the prior fence. Still, smugglers are already finding ways around and sometimes through the new fence

By:  Morgan Loew and Tammy Leitner

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to stay out of a lawsuit involving Arizona's immigration law, saying lower courts properly blocked tough provisions targeting illegal immigrants

By:  Pete Yost, AP

Groups opposing Arizona's immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans the blocking of traffic when people seek or offer day-labor services on streets.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other opponents filed a preliminary injunction request on Friday seeking to block enforcement of the provision, saying it unconstitutionally restricts the free speech rights of people who want to express their need for work. The request was filed in an existing lawsuit by the groups.

The state can't justify the statewide ban based on scattered instances of solicitations creating traffic problems in Phoenix, they said, adding that there are already laws on the books to deal with people who block traffic.

The ban was among a handful of provisions in the law that were allowed to take effect after a July 2010 decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton halted enforcement of other, more controversial elements of the law. The blocked portions include a requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if officers suspect they are in the country illegally.

Gov. Jan Brewer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Bolton's ruling after she lost an appeal in a lower court.

Brewer's lawyers have also opposed attempts to halt enforcement of the day-labor restrictions, which they argue are meant to confront safety concerns, as well as distractions to drivers, harassment to passers-by, trespassing and damage to property.

They told the court that day laborers congregate on roadsides in large groups, flagging down vehicles and often swarming those that stop. They also said day laborers in Phoenix, Chandler, Mesa and Fountain Hills leave behind water bottles, food wrappers and other trash.

Bolton previously denied an earlier request to block the day labor rules, but opponents were allowed to bring it up again after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a similar issue in September.

The appeals court had suspended a law from Redondo Beach, Calif., that banned day laborers from standing on public sidewalks while soliciting work from motorists. The court ruled the law violated workers' free speech rights and was so broad that it was illegal for children to shout "car wash" to passing drivers.

On Oct. 14, a federal judge blocked key portions of Alabama’s new immigration law after several groups, including the Obama Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), asked for an injunction. The Justice Department claims that states that assist in enforcing federal immigration laws are violating the constitutional separation of powers

By:  Robert Knight

(AP)  SACRAMENTO, California - Illegal immigrants can now apply for state-funded scholarships and aid at state universities in California after Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he has signed the second half of a legislative package targeting such students

(AP)  AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reimburse the state $350 million to cover costs of imprisoning illegal immigrants...

PHOENIX - Arizona officials are gearing up for a July 20 launch of a website to accept donations to pay for construction of additional fencing along the state's portion of the U.S.-Mexico border....

I chuckled when I read that U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-AZ,
reinforced his membership in “ the sky is falling ” club when he
blamed illegal immigra …

Mesa, Arizona - Thanks to a resident's noticing a car that fit the description, the person was identified and arrested.  This is becoming a part of normal society today, and it must change.

To hit someone with such force to sever the leg and it lands far from the scene?

A Valley high school track coach was deported Tuesday after officials said he was living in the country illegally for more than two decades.

Officials said Miguel Aparicio came to the United States illegally with his grandmother more than 20 years ago, when Miguel was just 15. Since then, he has worked as an electrician and was also a volunteer cross-country coach at Alhambra High School, where he helped lead the team to several state titles.

“I don’t know if I’d be in college right now if it wasn’t for him,” said Jose Ramirez, who knew Aparicio.

Aparicio was taken into custody early Tuesday morning. His lawyer....

Phoenix - They are working using a U.S. citizen's ID at a job that could have gone to an unemployed U.S. citizen.  They try to tell us that they only take the jobs that no U.S. citizen would take.  Truly unbelieveable!

Phoenix/Tucson -This ranch is south of Tucson near the Arizona/Mexico Border.  There is a 70,000 acre fire burning, only one of many lately.  This is a smuggler's drug and weapon route, and possibly "signal fires" may have started these fires, there isn't any other reason determined yet.   

Reported by:  Morgan Loew, KPHO CBS 5 News

Pima County, AZ. -- Yes, straight out of the old wild west where wild mustangs are rounded up, tamed by prisoners in Colorado; then assist the US Border Patrol.

This sophisticated operation moved drugs, guns, smuggled illegals through the obscure southern part of the Tohono O'dham Indian Reservation in Arizona.

I watched this "so called" speech about immigration reform given by Obama, and was appalled at how little he knows personally of the illegal drugs, sophisticated tunnels, etc. This was nothing more than a politcal move in order to satisfy the Hispanic community.

We will get a fence built with or with the federal government's blessing. This will be a privately funded project, and with prison labor. We are tired of all the political games being played by Washington. This WILL be built.

Funding for the National Guard being deployed to the US-Mexico Border runs out in June. Once again, this is becoming a political football game. Who will catch it this time?

You are beginning to find out that our Federal Courts will take you down. Why don't you go to your own cache' of weapons, or have they all been confiscated.

Well, I see we are moving right along with getting our heads out of the sand, and taking charge ourselves. The Colt as the state's firearm, the approval for a state militia, now the fence. Yes, no more inaction in Arizona!

We need to step up educating our children of all ages, the methods used by the drug smugglers to recruit them, and the consequences that might happen to them. It is not a pretty picture, but some shock therapy is needed regarding this subject.

You have got to be kidding!! You don't stand a chance of winning. You need to clean your own house before you take on our firearm industry.

The guest list contained the 'who's who' that would support Obama's ideas on immigration reform, and those with opposing views were denied attendance.

_____________
by: Jennifer Epstein, Politico

Someone please tell us what really is going on? Too many questions not being answered lately.

"Saying the Second Amendment doesn't stop at the door of government buildings, the House voted 38-20 Wednesday to let visitors bring their weapons in."

"The measure, a version of which already has been approved by the Senate, would overrule existing laws that let public agencies keep guns out simply by posting signs at the doors and providing places for those coming in to check their weapons."

These horses are the lucky ones to be found before their demise from either starvation or the desert brutality. This "pot" never reached its destination, and the smugglers are no where in sight.

NICE & SIMPLE!

The person in this video is a professor (Ph.D.) at Yavapai College in Prescott , Arizona . He puts a different spin on what Obama is doing to help Arizona and he repeats the important parts and speaks slowly enough to allow you to follow what he's saying; Must be why he's rated highly by his students - 3.8 on a 4.0 scale.

This may be the best video produced on the
illegal alien problems that are being experienced.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/tsH8xvjTAlo

Arizona legislators took a timeout from illegal immigration with the Senate easily defeating five related bills, reflecting little appetite for an issue that made the state the focus of national debate and protest last year.

Majority Republicans were split Thursday in their votes on the defeated bills, which included two measures intended to force a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. The other three dealt with health care, public services and everyday activities such as driving.

Supporters of the measures voiced frustration and said there could be political fallout for lawmakers who voted against them.

"The lack of political courage" is the only impediment to step up pressure on illegal immigration, said Republican Sen. Russell Pearce, the sponsor of the 2010 law.

But business leaders have been urging lawmakers to put the issue aside to avoid damaging the still-ailing economy.

The 2010 law known as SB1070 resulted in protests, boycotts and legal challenges. A federal judge has put key provisions on hold.

"It's time for us to take a timeout," said Republican Sen. John McComish of Phoenix. "It's something that the people don't want us to be focusing on."

Critics also said the bills rejected Thursday were over-reaching and flawed.

The two bills on citizenship were defeated on votes of 12-18 and 11-19 as majority Republicans split on the issue. The chamber's nine Democrats voted against all of the bills.

"I'm hopeful that now we can move on and focus on the business of the state," Democratic Minority Leader David Schapira of Tempe said after the three-hour floor session.

One of the rejected bills would have required hospitals to contact federal immigration officials or local law enforcement if people being treated lack insurance and can't demonstrate legal status.

Critics said that would burden hospitals, but Republican Sen. Steve Smith of Maricopa said his bill didn't require much.

"Maybe you forgot it's illegal to be in this country illegally," he said during the vote on his bill. "We just ask them to report the crime, not be the judge and executioner."

Also defeated was a bill to require schools to file reports on enrollments of illegal immigrant students.

The fifth bill was a sweeping measure sponsored by Pearce. It would have made it a crime for illegal immigrants to drive in Arizona. It also had provisions on registering vehicles, workplace hiring and various public benefits.

It would ban illegal immigrants from attending Arizona's public universities and community colleges. The state does not now have a ban but it does require illegal immigrants to pay higher, non-resident tuition rates.

Pearce's bill also would have required eviction of public housing tenants who let illegal immigrants live with them and make applicants for vehicle titles and registration prove they are in the country legally.

Pearce and other supporters said cracking down on illegal immigration would provide relief to taxpayers by cutting costs for education, health care and other services.

Earlier Thursday, Gov. Jan Brewer said she didn't have positions on the bills and she declined to wave off legislators from taking up the issue of illegal immigration again.

"I believe that illegal immigration is an important subject to the populace in Arizona and is something that probably needs to be further addressed," said Brewer, a Republican who signed SB1070 into law.

Dozens of CEOs of major employers and business groups signed a letter distributed Wednesday by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, saying that passage of additional legislation on illegal immigration would damage the economy and tourism.

Arizona should instead push for federal action on immigration and border issues, according to the letter signed by heads of construction companies, hospitals, real estate developers and US Airways.

"Arizona's lawmakers and citizens are right to be concerned about illegal immigration," the letter said. "But we must acknowledge that when Arizona goes it alone on this issue, unintended consequences inevitably occur."

You say that you have rights. So doesn't everyone else in this state. It sure would be more mature to schedule a meeting on the subject with the elected officials.

A man who stole drugs from a Mexican cartel was bludgeoned, stabbed and then decapitated in a suburban Phoenix apartment — a gruesome killing that police say was meant to send a message that anyone who betrays the traffickers will get the same treatment.

The horrific display of drug violence spilling over the border is believed to be the only beheading by a Mexican cartel in the United States.

The body of Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy, 38, was found lying in a pool of blood Oct. 10 in a Chandler apartment, his severed head a couple of feet away.

Chandler police have said from the beginning that they strongly suspected it was the work of a Mexican drug cartel, but it wasn't clear exactly why until a police report was released Wednesday.

The report, citing Border Patrol intelligence, said that Cota-Monroy stole 400 pounds of marijuana and some meth from the PEI-Estatales/El Chapo drug trafficking organization. Cota-Monroy told the cartel that the Border Patrol had seized the drugs, but the cartel learned the truth and hired men to kidnap and kill him in Nogales, Mexico.

But Cota-Monroy was able to talk his way out of being killed, saying he'd pay back the money and use his house for collateral, the report says.

It turned out that the house wasn't Cota-Monroy's, and he fled to the Phoenix area, leading the cartel to hire assassins to go to Arizona, befriend Cota-Monroy and kill him.

Police believe there was a reason that it was carried out in such a violent manner.

"This is a message being sent: Not only are they going to kill you but they're going to dismember your body. And, `if you cross us, this is what happens,'" Chandler police Detective David Ramer said Wednesday.

One man, Crisantos Moroyoqui, has been charged in the killing, and three others are believed to have fled to Mexico.

The other suspects were identified as Jose David Castro Reyes, 25; Isai Aguilar Morales, 22, and a man between the ages of 20 and 27 known only by the nickname "El Joto," a derogatory Spanish term for a gay man.

The police report said a rival drug cartel, the Beltran-Leyva organization, was possibly planning on killing the three men. Cota-Monroy was reporetdly a mid-level member of that drug cartel, for which his brother also worked.

The U.S. has seen extensive cross-border violence tied to drug trafficking. In one example from 2009, members of a group of Mexican drug traffickers were indicted in the murders of nine people in the San Diego area — including two victims whose bodies were dissolved in acid.

But Tony Payan, a political science professor at the University of Texas at El Paso who has done extensive research on border violence, has said the Arizona case could be the only known beheading in the U.S. carried out by a drug cartel.

Decapitations are a regular part of the drug war in Mexico as cartels fight over territory. Headless bodies have been dangled from bridges by their feet; severed heads have been sent to victims' family members and government officials; and bags of up to 12 heads have been dropped off in high-profile locations.

More than 34,000 people have been killed in Mexico in drug-related violence since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers to battle the cartels in their strongholds.

Moroyoqui, a day laborer who had been living in the apartment complex where the killing occurred, is charged with second-degree murder. Ramer said he likely was in the room when Cota-Monroy was killed but didn't participate in the killing.

"Pearce said safety concerns led to the change."

"Police arrested six people at the Senate last week, four of them were accused of disrupting a news conference."

"Due to recent events within the Senate building that directly impacted the safety of the public, members and staff,"

PHOENIX -" A human rights activist who was arrested Thursday at the State Capitol for trespassing is speaking out. An outspoken critic of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and SB 1070, Salvador Reza says Republican Senate President Russell Pearce has banned him from the Senate building."

"Reza and a colleague went to the Capitol Thursday afternoon to speak to Democratic State Senator Steve Gallardo."

"As soon as Reza walked in, a man who identified himself as the head of security told him Pearce had banned him from the Senate building, Reza says"..........more in article

The Indiana senate passed a sweeping immigration bill that echoes Arizona's tougher measures on illegal immigrants and despite opposition from some of the largest employers and business groups in the state.

The measure, passed on Tuesday night by a vote of 31-18, would allow state and local police to ask a person stopped for infractions like traffic violations for proof of legal residency if the officer has a "reasonable suspicion" they may be in the country illegally.

by Alia Beard Rau - Feb. 23, 2011 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

"Hundreds of protesters and supporters gathered outside the chambers Tuesday while dozens waited late into the night to speak to lawmakers.

Late Tuesday, the committee had still not heard two remaining immigration-related bills, including one that would force hospitals to ask about citizenship status at some point during admission or treatment.

The bills before the Senate Appropriations Committee would alter citizenship for children born in the United States to non-citizens, prevent undocumented children from attending school, prohibit illegal immigrants from driving or purchasing a vehicle and force hospitals to ask about citizenship before providing medical care."

The US Federal Government owes the State of Arizona millions of dollars for the processing, healthcare, schooling, etc. of all immigrants that are found to be violating the law once in Arizona. They have refused to do their job to reimburse this state for many, many years.

Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona's border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

The lawsuit claims the federal government has failed to protect Arizona from an "invasion" of illegal immigrants. It seeks increased reimbursements and extra safeguards, such as additional border fences.

Brewer's court filing serves as a countersuit in the federal government's legal challenge to Arizona's new enforcement immigration law. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to invalidate the law.

"Because the federal government has failed to protect the citizens of Arizona, I am left with no other choice," Brewer said as sign-carrying protesters yelled chants at her and at other champions of the immigration law.

Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler declined to comment on the filing. But a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of policing the country's borders, called Brewer's lawsuit a meritless action and said Border Patrol staffing is higher than ever.

"Not only do actions like this ignore all of the statistical evidence, they also belittle the significant progress that our men and women in uniform have made to protect this border and the people who live alongside it," spokesman Matthew Chandler said. "We welcome any state and local government or law enforcement agency to join with us to address the remaining challenges."

Brewer's lawsuit seeks a court order that would require the federal government to take extra steps to protect Arizona — such as more border fences — until the border is controlled. Brewer also asks for additional border agents and technology along the state's border with Mexico.

The governor isn't seeking a lump-sum award, but rather asks for policy changes in the way the federal government reimburses states for the costs of jailing illegal immigrants who are convicted of state crimes. Such changes would give the state more reimbursement.

Arizona's enforcement law was passed amid years of complaints that the federal government hasn't done enough to lessen the state's role as the nation's busiest illegal entry point. Its passage ignited protests over whether the law would lead to racial profiling, and prompted lawsuits by the Justice Department, civil rights groups and other opponents seeking to have it thrown out.

The law would have required police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers had reasonable suspicion the person was in the country illegally. That requirement was put on hold by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, along with a mandate that immigrants obtain or carry immigration registration papers.

The judge, however, let other parts of the law take effect, such as a provision that bans people from blocking traffic while seeking or offering day-labor services on streets.

Brewer challenged Bolton's decision in an appeals court in San Francisco. She argued the judge erred by accepting speculation by the federal government that the law might burden legal immigrants, and by concluding the federal government likely would prevail. Brewer's appeal is still pending.

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, one of the lawyers defending the law on behalf of the state, said Arizona bears staggering costs from illegal immigration, yet the federal government maintains the state is prevented from assisting in the enforcement of federal immigration law.

Horne said Washington has failed to protect the state against an invasion by illegal immigrants.

"The word 'invasion' does not necessarily mean invasion of one country by another country," Horne said. "It can mean large numbers of illegal immigrants from various countries."

The governor's filing hammers on the issue of the state's unreimbursed costs for jailed illegal immigrants. Brewer's predecessor, Janet Napolitano, who is now the Homeland Security secretary, regularly sent the Justice Department invoices seeking such reimbursement when she was governor.

The lawsuit doesn't say exactly how much reimbursement money the state is seeking. Instead, it asks the court to interpret the criteria on which the reimbursements are based, which the state believes will ensure it gets more funding.

Brewer's filing noted Arizona's latest annual reimbursement from the federal government totaled nearly $10 million and the state had to eat an additional $125 million.

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Phoenix, an opponent of the law, said Brewer's filing was intended to draw attention from the state's budget woes. Sinema noted the federal government has hired 8,000 new Border Patrol agents and added hundreds of miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years.

"The state will be hard-pressed to show that we have been denied any promised benefit," Sinema said.

Our lawmakers sure are busy. Quite a contrast being heard, from guns to babies........

Gun battle shootout imminent in order to shut down the drug corridor. It isn't a matter of if, it will happen sooner than later. We have had enough, says Sheriff Babeu.

Seems like we have heard something similiar before.

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I guess it is back to the business of stirring up the pot again.....

"Phoenix and other parts of Arizona may becoming "less brown" every day, but according to the latest U.S. census data, Aztlán could become a reality. "The Southwest will become part of Mexico by the year 2060," says MEChA professor Luis Maldonado. However"

"California has pretty much been given back to Mexico. There are several Latinos in Nevada, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico who believe in the Latino homeland of Aztlán. These people are producing children at a rate four times as much as those of other races and educating their children about the stolen lands. All these people will vote"

These vehicles look just like a police cruiser, and are started with a screwdriver.

This is just too hilarious for words! This dairy just got rid of some fresh and juicy cow manure.

"This latest episode took the life of Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry. Details are sketchy as of now, but it appears Terry came upon a group of presumed smugglers at Peck Wells, which is part of Peck Canyon, when the shooting occurred.
The Border Patrol's public-information office in Tucson confirms that at least four suspects are in custody, and one more is being pursued. A massive manhunt is underway as Border Patrol and other law-enforcement agencies try to apprehend the suspect, believed to be trying to flee into Mexico."

"Janet Napolitano—who keeps telling us the border is just fine, nothing to see here, move along—should be put under hot lights over the Terry killing.
She needs to explain why she thinks it's safe for American citizens to venture onto this Coronado National Forest land. Would she go there herself? Would she take her family, her dog? Or would she go only with a heavily-armed security detail?"

From his ranch headquarters this morning, David Lowell says: "I feel bad about the really lousy job our government is doing—not Border Patrol, but the politicians. If the same Border Patrolman had shot first and killed the (presumed) Mexican that killed him, he'd probably have a ticket to go to prison. It's a really dumb way to try to protect our southern border.

A bit of good news is better than no news at all on this..............

Arizona has its day in Supreme Court, hearing the case of the Arizona Employers Sanctions Law. There may be light at the end of this tunnel yet.

Today in Arizona the War on Illegal Immigration got a brand new tool ! The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Joe Appaio swore in 56 of it's first new armed Posse to deal soley with Illegal Immigration. These New armed Posse member have under went many hours of training in weapons, Law Enforcement procedure, detention training and tactic's, as well as enforcement of Illegal Immigration Law.

These newly sworn in Posse members will aid and assist Sheriff's Deputies in the transportation of suspected Illegal Immigrants and handling any demonstrators that try to interfere with immigration patrols. The new posse member seem to come from many different backgrounds and jobs, and freely donate their time to helping the Sheriffs office. Luo Ferrigno (the Incredible Hulk) as well as Steve Seagal also serve as Posse members already.

Current Posse members numbers are at around 3,000 volunteers, and aid the Sheriffs office in a variety of different tasks from crowd control, ride along with Sheriffs Deputies to search and rescue of lost or injured hikers and missing children. And Patrol in donated planes and choppers to off road vehicles.

To see people come forward to donate their time and lives to help us fight the War on Illegal Immigration is a wonderful sight, it shows just how much Americans will contribute to the defense of their Country even as civilians.

"Thank You" to all of the newly sworn in Posse members !

From: "ArizonaBill"

While I have often joked about being the "Self Appointed Head Illegal Immigration Opponent" of Arizona,,

I in no way side with these people ! Sorry guys but a line must be drawn.

While I do not in any way support Illegal Immigration or anti-American hate groups (in my opinion) like LaRaza, or Chicanos Unidos.

I also do not support people that seem to hate based only on a person's Race ! I do not want or need their help.

I would hope that my brothers also speak out about this as we are against Illegal Immigration ,,Not against the color of a person skin !

Time to stand and be counted brothers !

The below article is the one ArizonaBill is responding too, from Chl 10 Fox News in Phoenix Az.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/neo-nazis-protest-in-downtown-phoenix-11132010

"PHOENIX - The National Socialist Movement, the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States, has been marching and rallying against illegal immigration in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Court Building in downtown Phoenix since about 12:45 p.m. Saturday. But it's the counter-protesters who have been receiving negative attention from law enforcement.

The NSM members, carrying American flags that have been partially covered in swastikas, have been chanting nearly unintelligible rhetoric protesting the gutting of SB 1070 inside the police-protected area near the courthouse at 401 W. Washington St." Read more at the Link above.

Announcement expected today.........

"The Hoover Dam bypass bridge is a study in superlatives. The highest and longest arched concrete bridge in the Western Hemisphere. The second-highest bridge of any kind in the United States and 14th in the world. The world's tallest concrete columns of their kind.

But what sets the bridge apart most of all is the setting. It is perched 890 feet above the turquoise Colorado River, wedged between rock cliffs that form Black Canyon, with commanding views of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead."

"ArizonaBill",,But for the BEST Pictures and more Detail Information go to the link below in the first comment box below.

Education officials in Georgia voted Wednesday to bar illegal immigrants from attending the state's five most selective public colleges, a decision that immigrant rights groups threatened to challenge in court.

Well this is something, the United Nations warning America about violating Illegal Immigrants rights ! Wonder why they didn't warn those countries that many of the Illegals come from like Mexico and others about violating peoples Rights !

Of course it was the Obama administration that sent a report a few months back to the United Nations that Arizona was violating peoples Rights and started all the Lies about Arizona and the SB1070 law before he took the time to Read It ! Which Obama and Eric Holder both admitted to later.

Now the United Nations comes out with their own brand of Lies about an America State and claims that we passed a law that allows people to be Stopped and Searched because they are suspected of being Illegal immigrants. I would guess that the people at that U.N. haven't or can't read the SB1070.

Had they read it or had someone read it to them they would know that SB1070 does not say anything like that. I mean what does a Illegal Immigrant look like ? Truth is anyone could be an Illegal as they come in all colors and genders.

If they are trying to say people will be stopped as Obama suggested because they are "Brown, (before he read SB1070, then later dropped the point). Again had they read it they would have found that SB1070 specifically says "that a person's Race can not be used for making a stop" ! The United Nations might be shocked to find out that there are a few other Laws in the United States of America that also forbid that too.

The Truth is that SB1070 only is used after a legal Stop has been made because of something that a Law Enforcement officer saw or supected you of doing. It basically allows for an Officer to ask you if you are a citizen if you do not have any ID.

It seems that some Hispanics feel that they should not have to carry ID like the majority of American citizens do, and to show it to a Law enforcement when asked, like other American citizens do.

Many legal resident immigrants also do not feel that they should have to carry their "Visa or Green Card" as they agreed to do when they signed for their Visa or Green Card and like the Federal Laws requires they Must Do.

"This is a civilian border," Napolitano said during a lunch Friday with reporters in Washington, responding to a question about sending more U.S. National Guard troops to beef up border security."

"Napolitano, who was Arizona's governor before joining the administration, had rather blunt retort to Perry; if he wants more Guard along the border, he can send them there from Texas himself. "
"He always has the ability, in a way, to bring up National Guard, if he's willing to pay for them. That's always an option available to a governor," Napolitano said"

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/12/20100812napolitano-on-border-troops-civilian-border-politico.html#ixzz0zttUOWDv

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he is ramping up his fight against illegal immigration and is calling on armed volunteers to do the patrols.

Sheriff Joe is always talking about his department's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration but now he wants to commission a posse whose only job will be to enforce illegal immigration and human smuggling laws.

The title should more correctly read " To faces Challenges from Illegal Immigrant supporters". As it is mostly the people that back the Illegals that do not want the 14th Amendent change. So that the people invading America across our Southern border can use it against America.

"For years, Arizona lawmakers have targeted illegal immigrants. In their next session, legislators will focus on the children of illegal immigrants.
Two prominent lawmakers want to change the way those children are granted citizenship.The pair plan to introduce legislation that targets the children, possibly by adding notation on their state birth certificates that would identify them as children of illegal immigrants." Read more in the article.

"especially if he or she uses a matching name and Social Security number taken from a friend or relative, or stolen."

Maybe it's time to add a Photo to that background check or finger printing to !
I'm an American, and when I wanted my Concealed Weapons Permit, I had to go through a finger print background check and ID system.
Why not use the same against Illegals to aid in their capture !

Here is a quote from the article by the founder of La Raza Jose Angel Gutierrez,,,,"We have got to eliminate the gringo ... if worst comes to worst, we have got to kill him."

This is a very interesting and enlightening article to read. Did you know that,

"the Obama Administration appointed Cecilia Munoz, an open-borders advocate, who was a senior vice president for the National Council of La Raza to the executive office of the president; and nominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a member of La Raza, to the Supreme Court."

Again an article pointing out how this is all Our Fault. When you read this article make sure to scroll to the bottom of the article page and view the reader's comments.

by Concerned2009 August 12, 2010 9:35 PM EDT;
"So, it's all on the back of the US? Obama is in the politics of the cartels by not enforcing federal law, Mexico can't control its corruption, and it's our fault. How about a speedy trial followed by a speedy execution for cartel members, drug dealers, and corrupt public officials? Think that might just cause some pause. We cannot allow the drug war to continue its spread of death and corruption. Bring the troops home from useless wars and put them too work on the borders".

This is pretty bad when we have to build a barwire fence to keep the invading Illegals away from United States school children. Bet if Obama's kids went to that school, there would already be National Guard troops guarding it !

"NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Workers are putting up a fence topped with barbed or concertina wire at an elementary school outside Nogales to deter border-related crime."........To read more click the article.

In light of Governor Perry's urgent appeal to the President for more troops to patrol the border due to violence in Mexico's drug war spilling over into the United States going unanswered, should the Governors turn to the dis-organized militias for help in securing their borders? Normally Governor Perry could just send his National Guard troops to handle the situation but they have been called away to fight the war in the Middle-East. This being the case, in order to protect his Citizens, shouldn't he turn to the next best thing?

By deputizing them he could control their actions through Rules of Engagement; supply them with food, water, ammunition, and other necessities and use this "volunteer" army to stop the violence from spilling over. Maybe he could find a way to pay them for their time thereby putting some of the unemployed to work in the process. If it proves successful then other border states could follow suit and secure their borders as well. Wouldn't this be covered by the 10th Amendment?

If he were smart, he would send all the bills to the Pentagon for reimbursement of any additional costs incurred since they are the ones holding on to his troops instead of getting their own....

According to the FBI report;
"It cites the violent and ruthless tactics of the cartels, using as an example the case of a man known as El Pozolero -- the stew maker -- who is said to have dissolved hundreds of murder victims in acid.
Mexico has seen other violent acts that are reminscent of al Qaeda tactics, including the severing of heads and videotaping of kidnap victims."

When we are reading articles about this daily, and FBI report's warning of this violence right across our southern Border it makes this writer start to ask some hard line Questions. Like when will Obama take protecting America and it's Citizens seriously? Before or After this kind of terror comes to America ?
When will he quit pussy footing around by maybe sending a hand full of 1200 National guard to the Border to help support the Border Patrol. When will he listen to people that know far more than him about defending a Border and send enough Troops, Weapons and man power needed to properly Defend America and it's Citizens from this ?

We had a booming economy, people had jobs, people bought their dream homes and took their dream vacations, we had more growth in jobs than there were people to fill them, so the illegals helped in filling that need.

Now, it is all gone, the jobs, people have lost their homes and vehicles, people have lost everything including health insurance. The illegals mostly remain taking the jobs that are available,or are able to keep the one that they have. Thus, making it a very volatile situation for the residents that have no job, no home, etc.

This same scenario is being played out across the nation.

PHOENIX — A federal judge, ruling on a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration enforcement law from going into effect.

Something that has been talked about on here in Newsvine and in every major News media in the Country, is should children born to people that have Illegally invaded American receive Citizenship under the 14^th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Many of the supporters of Illegal immigration have said over and over that it is not right to change this Amendment, it would violate the Constitution and their rights. I believe that many of the people saying this are simply not familiar with the Constitution and how America works. Should the 14^th Amendment not be changed ?, should it remain as originally written ? Before you jump up and Vote Yes, you may want to read it and check with your WIFE. As the 14^th Amendment to the Constitution clearly denies Women the right to Vote, it also did not grant the right to Vote to anyone under the age of 21 years old. Still want to let stand as it was written ?

The truth is America has changed Amendments to the Constitution many times before and has done so with the 14^th Amendment also. It was first changed with the ratification of the 19^th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920 by writing that the right to Vote can not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

The 14^th Amendment was again changed with the ratification of the 26^th Amendment on July 1,1970 by granting the right to Vote to citizens of the United States who are 18 years of age or older.

So it would seem that we have changed this Amendment quite a bit since when it was originally written and Adopted on July 9,1868, to overruled the the Supreme Court decision of “Dred vs Sandford" from 1857 that held that Black Slaves could not be citizens of the United States. It would clearly seem that this Amendment was meant to grant Citizenship to former Black Slaves only, that have been Freed from Slavery but still did not have the rights granted to American Citizens.

This Amendment now has been abused by people that come into United States through Illegal means and then give birth not only to one child, but continue to have children over and over. And there by abusing an Amendment that was never designed for, nor expected to be used against America is this manner.

A friend helped with answering some Questions as how and what does it take to change this Amendment so it can not be used as a tool against the United State of America and it's Citizens, by people that had been able to get into Our Country Illegally.

A big “Thank You” to “Dusty” for the below information;

It can be changed by:

A) An amendment to the constitution requiring a 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate. The president cannot veto a proposed amendment. He has absolutely no say in the matter. The proposed amendment goes to the state legislatures. It must pass a state legislature by a simple majority. When 3/4 of the states ratify it, then it becomes an official amendment.

B) A constitutional amendment can also be passed with absolutely no help at all from the federal government. Ratification is the state's domain alone...even if 100% of the house and congress agree an amendment should be passed the fact is they have no say. It only takes a 51% vote or simple majority in at least 36 states to ratify an amendment. That is 3/4 of the state legislatures. Also, an amendment can be proposed by the states by having the state legislatures of 36 or more states call for congress to hold a constitutional convention where states can propose amendments. Congress MUST oblige. The Constitution is very clear on this matter. So regardless of the current political climate in DC an amendment is not out of the question if 36 states agree to it.

He would like hearings held for clarification of the 14th Amendment, as this has become part of an explosive "birthright" issue.

Arizona is the land of the free, where laws are enforced and crimnals are arrested. Our own government has sued Arizona for applying the law of all the land, where it is a crime to be here illegally, but people in Washington ignore the law for their own polictical gain. Democrats seek to gather the Hispanic people into being loyal followers who will reward the Democrats on election day. A democratic Judge has sided with Obama and his kingmakers to strike down a law which only seeks to enforce existing Federal law along our southern borders. In the streets illegals cheered openly and appeared on camera and newsprint to say how happy they are to be above the law. Citizens of this country have rights and live within the law to work and be free from government control. Now it is illegal to arrest an illegal person or rob a illegal of rights that only citizens should have. Racal diffrences are being used for political gain only and anyone not in favor nor in agreement with Obama is declared Unamerican while the true unamericans are uplifted above the people who were born here legaly. Power is the root of the first of many new changes this current government is erasing our rights which men like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington created this country for the land of the free. Arizona is brave enough, like the founding fathers, and believes in law to stand against those who seek to destory our country.

Whether they are called protestors or activists, do they really know what they are saying or doing?

PLEASE NOTE: To click on article will take you to a page that says that "page not found".....please go to bottom of this page to the second column that says "Station Links", click on "blogs"....it will take you to the blog and commentary page....in the left column you will find "commentaries by Irvin", including this article...click on it and it will take you to the article, or click on any of the others that you may want to read....don't know why the thread doesn't take you directly to the article....
TDR

Commentary by: Steve Irvin

"When host Alex Jones of the "Alex Jones Show" asked Babeu whether he agreed that the president was committing treason, Babeu responded, "It borderlines that. I'm not gonna outright call it that. I'm still an officer in the Army."
Babeu is a major in the Army National Guard.

When host Alex Jones asked Babeu a second time about the treason charge, Babeu did not dispute it.

"What's so shocking is the president, our own government, stands against us and sides with a foreign leader," he said."

"Most illegal immigrants in the United States are Hispanic, but a relatively small share of Hispanics are illegal immigrants."

I believe what the writer is trying to say is that most Legals immigrants are Hispanic, But that a small share of Hispanics are Illegal.

Written by "ArizonaBill"

07/17/2010

Today I witnessed one of the sickest things I have ever seen a parent do to a child. After coming home I turned on the TV only to see Illegal immigration supporters and parents that are Illegally in the United States now using their own young children for their "cause". Needless to say I was stunned to see children some looked to be as young as 5 or 6 years old being made to carry signs of protest against America, at first this was shocking enough. But then my brain began to over come the shock of what my eye's were seeing and I started to think of the 110 degree temperatures that I had just come in from. I live in north Phoenix and these people were downtown at the State Capital building there I'm sure the temperature was even hotter. How could a person do this to a child, but then I thought about how here in Arizona we hear all to often how Illegals drag their own children to death in the desert while involving the children in their own crime of sneaking into America illegally. But to see people using young children in this manner on TV right here in America was sicking. It made me realize how important it is now more than ever that these people be captured and removed from America and never allowed to return.

The illegal supporters that organized this is a group known as Puente Arizona, they are a group that teaches their people that it is wrong for any Country to have a right to sovereignty. This was expressed by one lady Diana Perez who is one of the organizers for this disgusting use (or some might call abuse) of children. In her fuzzy comment about butterflies, she spoke of how “butteries migrate through several counties without borders” adding “That's how it is. That's how it should be”

Well Diana Perez, neither the illegals or you are butterflies, and this Country does have a border and it has Laws. And it is time you got use to it and taught these children about right from wrong and obeying the Laws, if they ever want to have a happy life no matter what Country they live in. As for the author of this article well he will be checking with the State of Arizona to see if you broke any laws as to causing harm to a child.

By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 11, 2010; 1:09 PM

Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that if the federal government fails to stop Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect, it may launch a second legal challenge to combat any racial profiling that takes place.

"Brewer signed an executive order for the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to create the training material the day she signed the law. The board cannot craft policy for police agencies but does make recommendations, so the training material had some basic goals, said the board's director, Lyle Mann."

This is exactly what I and other's have been trying to get across to these thick head Hispanic Leaders in our community, what no one is out to racially profile anyone ! ....

From Arizona's perspective, that is a sign that Senate Bill 1070 is already starting to achieve its goal of "attrition through enforcement," even though the measure spearheaded by state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, doesn't go into effect until July 29. But some policymakers see Arizona's fix as merely shoving its problems onto other states. They say a national solution, comprehensive immigration reform, is needed to appropriately address the border breakdown, and they are looking to President Barack Obama for leadership.