Illegal Immigration and Deportation

The Term "Illegal Immigrant": Yay or Nay?

The term "illegal immigrant" has been the cause of some controversy, as some people and media outlets have changed their tones on whether it's offensive.The Associated Press recently decided it's not using the phrase and the New York Times said yesterday that it's encouraging reporters to "consider ... More >>

Jan Brewer Has a Nonsense Explanation of Why She Uses the Phrase "Illegal Immigrants"

Defending her use of the phrase "illegal immigrants," Governor Jan Brewer explained recently that doing something illegal makes you "an illegal." We'll note that driving under the influence after a couple of glasses of scotch and rear-ending a minivan must not be illegal, or else Arizona apparently ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Looks the Other Way at 1,761 Possible Felony Crimes

Sounds like forgery is rampant in Tempe. Will Bill Montgomery respond? Are all truly equal before the law? When it comes to forgery in Maricopa County, the answer is a decided, "Hell, no." Yesterday, the Tempe Police Department issued statistics showing that last year they had confiscated "1,761 f ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Prosecuting Fewer Illegal Immigrants for Smuggling Themselves Into Country

Maricopa County Bill Montgomery has prosecuted far fewer illegal immigrants for conspiring to smuggle themselves than his predecessor, Andrew Thomas. Thomas, who was disbarred earlier this year for abusing his power, came up with the idea to charge average illegal immigrants with conspiracy under A ... More >>

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

Obama vs. Romney: Arizona's Anti-Immigration Law Gets Mention During Second Presidential Debate

Arizona's anti-immigration laws and policies were center stage during part of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York. President Barack Obama criticized Governor Mitt Romney for pledging to veto the DREAM Act and saying that "self deportation" was his plan to address the mi ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Throws Another Fit After ICE Says No Thanks to Attempted MCSO Delivery

For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office put out a press release to complain that Immigration and Customs Enforcement "refused" to take custody of a suspected illegal immigrant.The story from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is that the Human Smuggling Unit pulled over a car, and th ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Takes Credit for Creating Five Jobs at Mexican Restaurant (By Having Deputies Arrest Current Employees)

Fellow Americans, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced that he is taking steps to fix this nation's unemployment crisis, by arresting workers in high-wage fields such as Mexican restaurant dish-washing to create brand-new jobs -- or so the Sheriff's logic goes.Or, for the rest of us, that means Arpaio j ... More >>

The Mormon Dilemma: What About Mormon Latinos?

SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of Hope See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics, M ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Culeros and Sexual Deviancy

Phoenix Mexican Consulate Helps DREAMers Prepare for Deferred Action

The Mexican Consulate in Phoenix is assisting young undocumented immigrants applying for work permits through the Obama administration's deferred action program. The new policy allows certain immigrants temporary relief from deportation if they qualify. Mexican government officials can't tell U.S. ... More >>

Which MCSO Employee Gave the Most Likely Explanation of "Crime Suppression" Sweeps?

See also: MCSO Sergeant Says Main Goal Is to Catch Illegal ImmigrantsSee also: Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony Contradicted by His Statements in 2010 See also: Joe Arpaio's Deputy: Sheriff Is Misinformed About Illegal Immigration Patrols See also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial S ... More >>

MCSO Sergeant Says Main Goal Is to Catch Illegal Immigrants, Contradicting Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony

See also: Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony Contradicted by His Statements in 2010See also: Joe Arpaio's Deputy: Sheriff Is Misinformed About Illegal Immigration PatrolsSee also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial See also: Joe Arpaio's (ahem) Legal Scholar Brett Palmer and Brian Sand ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Deputy Says Sheriff Is Misinformed About Illegal Immigration Patrols

See Also: Joe Arpaio's (ahem) Legal Scholar Brett Palmer and Brian Sands Under Oath See Also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial See Also: Joe Arpaio's Deputy Thinks Most Day-Laborers Are UndocumentedMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is sometimes misinformed about his infamous crime-sup ... More >>

Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony Today Contradicted by His Statements in 2010; Busting Illegal Aliens was Sometimes the "Goal"

Brian Sands, one of Arpaio's deputy chiefs, told a federal judge today that busting illegal immigrants wasn't the goal of saturation patrols. Sands said something quite different in 2010 to investigators probing corruption within Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office. As late as the fall of ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Protesters Arrested During Public Demonstration

See Also: Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National ConventionSee Also: Joe Arpaio Looks Like Tired, Old, Racist on Stand During Racial-Profiling Trial As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was defending himself from racial-profiling allegations in federal court today, four p ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio Struggles to Answer Examples of Seemingly Bigoted Leadership in Racial-Profiling Trial

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a self-promoting bigot of a politician who influences his deputies with discriminatory ideas that flow down from the top. That was the underlying theme of hours of questioning by Stanley Young, one of the lawyers who representatives Hispanics suing the county in a major racia ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Deputy Reports to ICE a Speeding Teenager -- Along With the Boy's Parents Who Weren't Even in the Car

See also SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also Brewer Declares "Victory" as Court Tosses Unconstitutional SB 1070 ProvisionsSee also Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art FormSee also Babeu Calls Obama's DREAM Act Policy "Shocking" Pinal Coun ... More >>

Ana Tijoux, Latina Rapper, Shows Support for Arizona's Undocumented Immigrants in Music Video

See Also: Ana Tijoux at Puente's Noche de Mujeres See Also: Ana Tijoux Rocks Phoenix Sunday Night at Puente's Noche de Mujeres See Also: DREAMers Score a Win with Obama's Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over Chilean-French MC Ana Tijoux today released a new music video titled "S ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

Paul Babeu Calls Obama's DREAM Act Policy "Shocking," Dismissing His Own Shocking Actions

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu apparently forgot that he quit his Congressional race, because he again spewed tired talking points from that campaign -- this time blasting President Barack Obama for granting temporary deportation immunity and work permits to certain undocumented immigrant ... More >>

ACLU Still Waiting for Pinal County Jail to Get It Together on Immigrant Detention

It's been a year since the American Civil Liberties Union demanded immigration officials fix the conditions in which immigrants are detained at the Pinal County Jail, and if you ask the ACLU, it's no better today.The ACLU's now asking that the Department of Homeland Security officials remove the imm ... More >>

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

Joe Arpaio's Boys Find a Ton of Weed. Sheriff Cites "Illegal Aliens," Despite Zero Percent of the Zero People Arrested Being Illegal

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio put out a press release to say deputies found a lot of weed last night -- Steven Seagal not included this time.In fact, the press release says deputies have "arrested more than 20 illegal aliens and seized nearly two tons of marijuana" in the last month.Arpaio even ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Shot, Killed After Being "Ambushed" by People in Camouflage Garb

Two illegal immigrants were shot and killed last night near Eloy after being "ambushed" by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup, police say.According to the Pima County Sheriff's Department, the call came into the Eloy Police Department around 10:30 p.m. yesterday about shots being fired ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Runs Another "Employer Sanctions Operation" -- Get This -- Zero of 31 Arrested Are Employers

​​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent his boys out on the 58th illegal-immigrant roundup "employer sanctions operation" today, and get a load of this -- a grand total of zero employers were arrested, while 31 non-employers were arrested.According to our math, there have been two employers sa ... More >>

Bad Mormon: Mitt Romney's Anti-Immigrant Stance Doesn't Jibe with LDS Teachings

Sheriff Arpaio's Office, in Seeming Defiance of Judge, Arrests Five Suspected Illegal Immigrants on Human-Smuggling Charges

​   The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested five men last night on suspicion of human smuggling and conspiracy, days after a federal judge's ruling on such investigations. Looks like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, under more pressure than ever to reform his ways, is sticking to his state ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Still Silent on Judge Murray Snow's Ruling on Human-Smuggling Investigations

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to have been stunned into silence by a federal court ruling intended to hamper his office's ability to conduct immigration enforcement operations.U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow ruled last week in a racial-profiling lawsuit against Arpaio and the Sherif ... More >>

Rick Perry and Joe Arpaio: the Bromance Explained (By the Sheriff Himself)

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has officially picked his horse in the GOP presidential primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry, which came as a bit of shock to those familiar with America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff."Arpaio, as you probably know, is the poster-boy for bootin' brown folks b ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Illegal Immigrant Roundup/"Employer Sanctions Operation" Nets 10 Arrests

America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his 55th illegal-immigrant roundup under the guise of an "employer sanctions operation" this morning. It netted 10 arrests -- and, per usual, none of those arrested were employers, just empl ... More >>

Michele Bachmann: "America's Failure to Secure the Border is Now a Terrorism Issue"

James King Michele Bachmann with state Senate President Russell Pearce and Congressman Trent Franks. Yikes.​Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix this morning, where she met with local politicos at the State Capitol to talk about illegal immigration and, to quote Senator J ... More >>

"Dream Act" Signed by California Governor Jerry Brown. KPHO Suggests the "Dream" Could Be Coming to Arizona. Ha!

​The "Dream" came true for illegal immigrants in California over the weekend -- Governor Jerry Brown signed a version of the controversial Dream Act into California law Saturday. Now, local TV news station KPHO is suggesting the "Dream" may be coming to Arizona (insert Wayne Campbell's "Shyeah...a ... More >>

Wes Gullett, Phoenix Mayoral Candidate, Gets Nod from Pinal County Sheriff

​Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is endorsing Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett, saying that he would work with them to fight illegal immigration. "Wes Gullett understands that the most sacred responsibility of city government is public safety," Babeu said in a press release. "He'll work with ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Illegal Immigrant Roundup Nets Seven Arrests; MCSO Going Gangbusters in West Phoenix Manana

​If you're a criminal, illegal immigrant, or just don't want to get hassled by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's boys in beige, avoid West Phoenix tomorrow -- the MCSO's staging its latest "crime-suppression operation."The MCSO isn't saying where it will focus its op, only noting that it will be in Phoenix and ... More >>

MCSO Claims it's Investigating Employer in Days Inn Illegal Immigrant Roundup

​The overall ineffectiveness of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's illegal immigrant roundups aside, one of our biggest criticisms recently has been that they're conducted under the guise of "employer sanctions" operations, despite the MCSO's having never arrested a single employer -- only emplo ... More >>

Joe Arpaio: Illegal Immigrants Avoiding Maricopa County -- Except for the 10 Arrested Last Night in North Valley

According to Joe, his tough guy antics are causing illegal immigrants to avoid Maricopa County -- which is funny considering 10 were busted last night.​Maricopa County's corrupt top cop, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, claims smugglers transporting drugs and illegal immigrants are avoiding Maricopa ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 7, 2011

ICE Honcho John Morton Blasted by Critics of Secure Communities

Critics think ICE director Morton's policy reforms are a feel-good PR stunt.Pro-immigrant lawyers and activists are slamming the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for recently announced policy "changes" that they say will do nothing to improve the way illegal immigrants are b ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Calls This Morning's Illegal-Immigrant Roundup "Employer Sanctions Operation." No "Employers" Actually Arrested

Call it what it is, Joe: an illegal immigrant roundup.​After our previous post about Joe Arpaio's immigrant roundup at a downtown Phoenix restaurant this morning, America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" issued a press release, in which he boasts that his agency "is the only law enforcem ... More >>

Undocumented Youth Blocked from Entering the U.S. Workforce Are Starting Their Own Businesses to Survive

Obama Adminstration Wants Illegal Immigrants to Vote, Says Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne

Tom Horne, Arizona's attorney general, is defending a law that requires proof of citizenship to be presented in order to register to vote.​ President Obama's hoping to secure votes from illegal immigrants by fighting an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship at the polls, says Arizon ... More >>

Under Mark Spencer's Leadership, the Phoenix Police Union Has Become an Anti-Immigrant Juggernaut, to the Detriment of Its Members

Ask a Mexican on Supporting the Other Guy and Automated Laughter Tracks

DPS: Man Who Crashed Into School Bus Full O' Kids is Well-Known Human Smuggler

raritanval.edu​After allegedly slamming into a school bus full of 28 elementary-school children and driving away, Jonathan Carillo-Rubio tried to tell the cops he was just a scared kid -- until they found out he wasn't a kid, but a well-known human smuggler. The Arizona Department of Public Safet ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Police Arrest Six Illegal Immigrants in Human Smuggling Operation; Cops Find a Bunch of Weed Too

MCSO Francisco Ruben Martinez-Granillo, charged with possession of marijuana for sale, kidnapping for ransom, smuggling humans for profit, and theft by extortion.​Police arrested six illegal immigrants in Phoenix Wednesday, accusing them of charges ranging from human smuggling, kidnapping f ... More >>

Two Charged After 53 Illegal Immigrants Found in Phoenix Drop House

ICEICE agents found 50 illegal immigrants in a west Phoenix drop house on Friday.​Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found 53 people in a Phoenix drop house on Friday, and two Mexican nationals now face human smuggling charges.  Edgar Meza-Bustamante, 23, and Cruz Gerardo Meza-Tira ... More >>