Republican state lawmaker Russell Pearce, who sponsored the Arizona immigration reform bill, pledged to take his battle against illegal and criminal aliens to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a Judge Susan Bolton of the U.S. Circuit Court, blocked the enforcement of that law's strictest provisions.
President Barack Obama administration has argued that immigration policy was a federal responsibility, and that states' enforcement of their own immigration statutes is unconstitutional.
On Friday, in Phoenix, pro-illegal immigrant protesters converged on the city and there were more than 30 arrests. Maricopa County -- which includes Phoenix -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio, often dubbed "America's Sheriff," deployed officers and his renowned volunteer posse members on what his department called a "crime suppression/illegal immigration" operation.
State Senator Pearce, the man behind the new immigration law, once served as one of Sheriff Arpaio's deputy and reveres actor John Wayne, who often played lawmen, as a "red, white and blue hero who always stood up for the good guy".
Visitors to his offices in the state capitol last week had to pass protesters chanting "We will not comply" – a response to another blocked provision of his bill that would require immigrants to carry paperwork proving their status.
In an interview with the Telegraph, he attributed a litany of ills on illegal foreigners and lambasted Obama for "pandering" to his party faithful on immigration and failing to secure America's borders.
"In Arizona, we see the deaths, the maimings, the kidnappings and the gang activity that is the consequence of ignoring the rule of law," he said. "Illegals are the same as any other criminals and we should arrest every one of them we can."
"I suppose the police officers killed by illegal immigrants and the rancher executed by human smugglers were just collateral damage for those who oppose implementing the law," he added
While serving as a Maricopa County deputy sheriff, Russell lost part of a finger during a gunfight with illegal immigrants. His police officer son also was shot in the stomach when serving an arrest warrant for murder on a suspect who was an illegal alien.
Pearce and his former boss Sheriff Arpaio – the son of legitimate Italian immigrants – see themselves as defending not just the rule of law but America's way of life.
While many illegal aliens are simply Mexico's poor seeking jobs in the U.S., many within their ranks are violent criminals, and the human trafficking business is controlled by the murderous drug gangs that also bring cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S.
Two weeks ago, President Obama's administration said it would deploy 500 Arizona National Guard troops to the border to help block illegal aliens. But that was put on hold when administration officials claimed there were not yet enough trained "volunteers."
During the current legal wrangling by the Obama Justice Department and others, Sheriff Arpaio continues making his preparations for implementing the law including creating more space for new inmates in his "tent city."
"I've got a message for the [illegal aliens] of Arizona," declared the sheriff. "We'll always have a bunk for you."
He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.
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The invasion of criminals into the U.S. to the tune of 12 to 30 million makes Ghengis Khan's hoards pale in comparison. The Vikings would be ashamed of their pitifully small incursions to rape , pillage and burn. We now have 8 million greedy, criminal felons ripping off paychecks of unemployed Americans and sending $billions to their homelands each year. There are an estimated million rapes and child molestations by the invaders as well as assaults, muggings, car jackings, drug crimes, kidnappings and burglary. Then there are the uncounted thousands of murders and killings by DUI. Thses invaders are the bottom feeders of the world and need to be deported 100%.
ALL laws originating fom Governors of States can ONLY be ruled against by the Supreme Court of the UNITED STATES .period ...NOT Judge Bolton who should have defered to SCOTUS nor should 9th district HAVE anthing to do.period ....how many time does the DOJ trample and spit in the face of CITIZEN TAXPAYERS before ...TSHTF!!!
Enough is enough! Legal U.S citizens unite! Help take the steps to save our country take our jobs back and stop this illegal immigrant invasion. Support our cause before illegal immigrant criminals have more rights than us. This is our last stand! Also we must take steps to lower local city and state councilmen salaries too they are all robbing & hurting the people they serve. So please read and sign this online petition. "Petition to Reduce the Wages of Congress Men and Women from $174,000 per year to $50,000 per year at “change.org’. "
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Russell Pearce is an Evil Person who's black heart is filled with "Hate and Rage".
These are Good Hard working "Humans" which have been here for nearly thirty years and are not simply Ilegalls, however they are family units consisting of both legal and un-documented "Humans".
The mass exodus of Immigrants beginning in Mid 2007, has triggered the "Banking Forclosure Crisis in America", Crashed our Total Economy, caused Racism and Hate, and spawned a resurgence of White Supremest, even Nazi's!
A very wise 1840's French Historian said: "America is great because it is good, when it ceases to be good, it ceases to be great."
The Hard Labor these Immigrants gladly do supports all other American jobs!
Wake up America!
Stop the Racism and Hate!
C.T.R. Brother Pearce!
The citizens of Mexico have pushed us TOO FAR! They are arrogant and RACIST against non-Hispanics. Enough! They are at WAR with our country and God help them, we are about to finally fight back! WE OWE MEXICO NOTHING BUT AN ASS KICKING!! We will show them bravery they think we do not have!
I really wish that we'd hear more about the investigation into the death of the Arizona rancher. It doesn't seem like a lot of onvestigating has been done, and that pointing to a human trafficer as the culprit is just a convenient excuse to fan the flames of anti-immigrationists.
Estoban, George, you both are IGNORANT in IMMIGRATION LAWS. get a life you people. What are YOUR QUALIFICATIONS IN IMMIGRATION LAWS? NONE. SO CLAMP IT and GET A LIFE.
THE FACTS ARE THAT JAN BREWER / Russell Paarce are doing THIS TO GET REELECTED, HERE ARE FACTS.
1, HOW MUCH MONEY $$$$$$$ IS ALLOCATED TO ENFORCE THIS LAW?? NONE.
2, HOW MANY NEW POLICEMEN / WOMEN SHES HIRED TO HOLD AND PROCESS THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS? NONE.
3, HOW MANY NEW IMMIGRATION JUDGES SHES HIRED TO PROCESS THE THOUSANDS OF DEPORTATION CASES?? NONE.
4, HOW MANY NEW JAILS SHES BUILT TO HOLD THE THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS? NONE.
5, HOW MANY BUSES / PLANES SHES BROUGHT TO DEPORT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THOSE WHO ARE ORDERED BY THE IMMIGRATION JUDGES TO BE DEPORTED?? NONE.
CAN ANYONE ANSWER THESE FACTS? THE REPUBLICAN STATES ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS THEIR PLATFORM, THEY WILL LOSE BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG TIME.
ALL ARE GODS CHILDREN. NO HUMAN IS ABOVE ANOTHER. ALL ARE CREATED BY ONE ALMIGHTY GOD WHO LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN.
I AM NOT SAYING DON'T CLOSE THE BORDERS I AM SAYING STOP THE FOOLISH HATE AND IGNORANCE.
Facts:
Are you writing us from Mexico today?! You don`t know what your talking about-you moron!
Besides with immigration reform we can institutionalized the right tools for our National Security with the implementation of high tech border protection systems like advanced air surveillance “Predator drones” to aid our border patrol, a biometric Social security card to control overstated visas, and a new standard for U.S. citizenship at birth be set at having at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen (by birth or naturalization) for future citizens.
Most importantly Graham and Gutierrez want something done out of immigration reform too and it is to rebuild Social Security and Medicare funds currently in the dry red alert so here is our chance to fix both problems simultaneously because the plan is to use all the financial fines, the 8 years waiting time paying taxes without access to benefits, and the previous tax debs payments of illegals to rebuilt our retirement funds without increasing our taxes today. We should support this compromise that allowed a pathway for legalization in exchange for Social Security and Medicare funds for current citizens because in the meanwhile these legalized immigrants won’t access benefits after we do the 8 years contributions combined with the financial fines that the illegals will pay to us will create a surplus that warranty our retirement benefits as current citizens without increasing our taxes today.
If you are a conservative look up to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, if you are a democrat look for Congressman Luis Gutierrez politicians making a lot of sense when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform, Graham is willing to give those who are here illegally a pathway for legalization but by adding solutions to prevent future illegal immigration. Graham wants us to reconsider the 14th Amendment’s clause that grants U.S. citizenship to any person born on U.S. soil. That clause was needed when it was written to guarantee that all those who had been held as slaves would be U.S. citizens, and rightfully so. But today it offers a strong inducement for illegal immigration. Gutierrez wants to implement a biometric Social security card to eliminate the problem of overstated visas. Graham and Gutierrez want to remove the inducements for illegal immigration as much as possible so that we don’t have the same problem again after giving today’s undocumented immigrants a legal status.
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