Social Security

Bill Montgomery's Apartheid Policies Challenged by Puente's Carlos Garcia in Videotaped Confrontation

Monty's head nearly explodes as he's challenged by Carlos Garcia of Puente Kudos to Carlos Garcia and his fellow activists at Puente for again confronting Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on his policy of overcharging undocumented workers so as to make them ineligible for bail, coercing a g ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims Break: 14 Captured in Sportex Raid Plead Out Under Coercion

Bill Montgomery's victims speak... Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery must feel really proud of himself. After more than three months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's dirty, dangerous and sometimes deadly jails, 14 of the 23 undocumented workers being prosecuted in the MCSO's February 8 raid of Sporte ... More >>

Bill Montgomery: Victimizer of Undocumented Workers, Turns Victims' Rights Advocate in DC

It's a requirement in Arizona, more than in any other state in the Union, that politicians be shameless hypocrites. And Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is no piker in this regard. See also: -DPS Officer's Pursuit of DREAMer Lands Woman in Stir for Six Months -Bill Montgomery's Deaf Victim ... More >>

DPS Officer's Pursuit of DREAMer Lands Woman in Stir for Six Months

If you need an illustration of Arizona's diseased "attrition through enforcement" mentality, look no further than the case of Solaguahire Zenil, a local DREAMer, who is currently in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. See also: -The MCAO Follows ICE's Blueprint for Separating I ... More >>

The Company You Keep: Redford and Gang Face the '60s -- in Their 70s

Jan Brewer's Bigoted Policy Denying Driver's Licenses to DREAMers in Federal Judge's Hands

Few public acts by Governor Jan Brewer have been so odious, so hateful and so obviously unfair as her executive order denying driver's licenses to those young men and women, brought here as children, who benefit from President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. See also: -Jan Brewer No ... More >>

Alan Champagne Pleads Not Guilty to Murders of People Found in Backyard Coffin in Phoenix

Alan Champagne, the man Phoenix police believe is responsible for the deaths of two people found in a homemade coffin in a backyard earlier this month, pleaded not guilty this morning to murder charges.Champagne, 42, has an extensive record of murder-related crimes, allegedly. Champagne, who was alr ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Deputies Raid Taco Shops in Workplace Immigrant Roundup Number 72

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office is proud to announce that 11 taco shop employees are off the streets today, thanks to the boys in beige.This is the 72nd such workplace raid by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, which have been branded as "employer sanctions operations," "criminal employment operation ... More >>

The MCAO Follows ICE's Blueprint for Separating Immigrant Families

Bill Montgomery Believes Law He's Enforcing Against Tom Horne Is Unconstitutional

It's not every day that an elected law enforcement official, who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, confesses that he or she is enforcing an unconstitutional law. See also: -The MCAO Follows ICE's Blueprint for Separating Immigrant Families Yet, that's just what Ma ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims Plead Not Guilty En Masse as Their Children Weep

The cattle call began a little after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday for the unfortunates arrested in the MCSO's Sportex Apparel raid in Tempe the first week of February. See also: -Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate -Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man -S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Un ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man

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 >>

Hikers Find Peoria Woman's Remains; Husband Killed Himself Before Being Charged

Peoria police say skeletal remains found earlier this month in a desert area were identified as Deborah Delaney, a 54-year-old Peoria resident who hadn't been seen since April 2011.Her husband, a retired Sun City firefighter, was about to be charged with her murder last year even though Delaney's bo ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate

John McCain, Fellow Republicans, Scurry Like Rats To Embrace Immigration Reform

What a difference a couple of years makes. The same U.S. Senator John McCain who in 2010 snuggled up to illegal-immigrant-screwing (in more ways than one) Sheriff Paul Babeu, supported Sand Land's racist Senate Bill 1070, and insisted that America "complete the danged fence" on the U.S.-Mexico bor ... More >>

Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested

As Governor Jan Brewer addressed the Arizona Legislature in her state of the state speech Monday, protesters took over the state House lobby, demanding that Brewer rescind an executive order denying driver's licenses to Arizona DREAMers who qualify for President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Collecting Old Cars and the American Dream

Bill Montgomery's Ghost of Christmas Present: Injustice

If there were a law against keeping parents from their children for no good reason on Christmas, or any other day, then Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, and many of his functionaries, would be guilty as charged. Currently, neither the county attorney's office nor the Maricopa County Sheri ... More >>

Abdullatif Aldosary, Described as "Loner," Accused of Bombing Casa Grande Social Security Office

Abdullatif Aldosary, a convicted felon who lives in Coolidge, is accused of being the person who detonated an "explosive device" outside the Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande Friday morning, November 30th.Although a federal complaint doesn't accuse Aldosary of activity related t ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Ska Music in Mexico

Ask a Mexican on Ska Music, Mexico's Poverty, and Dealing with the Government

By Gustavo Arellano

LifeLock Goes Public, Sees Stock Price Fall; Tempe Company has Sketchy History

LifeLock launched its new persona as a publicly traded company on Wednesday -- then watched as its initial stock price fell by several percent. LifeLock, the Tempe-based anti-identity-theft company founded in 2005 by Robert Maynard Jr. and Todd Davis, had expected to sell shares at $9 apiece, but t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Creates Seven Jobs in Patio Furniture Industry (Just Kidding, Illegal-Immigrant Roundup Number 66)

Less than a week after taking credit for creating five jobs at a Mexican restaurant, Sheriff Joe Arpaio now claims he's now opened up some "employment opportunities" in the patio furniture refurbishing industry.Of course, that's a result of "employer sanctions operation"/illegal-immigrant roundup nu ... More >>

How to Speak Republican

Joe Arpaio's Taliban, Nativist Steve Camarota, and More Problems for the MCSO

See also: MCSO Sergeant Says Main Goal Is to Catch Illegal Immigrants, Contradicting Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony See also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial See also: Joe Arpaio Looks Like Tired, Old Racist on Stand During Racial-Profiling Trial See also: Joe Arpaio's (ahem) Leg ... More >>

Tempe Criminal-Defense Attorney in Jail on Child-Molestation Charges

John Vigileos, a Tempe-based criminal-defense attorney, is being held without bond at the Maricopa County Jail after confessing to Gilbert police that he sexually molested his 12-year-old step-daughter at his home.The 45-year-old barrister was arrested in the early morning hours of April 23 after a ... More >>

Ron Barber, Gabrielle Giffords Aide Wounded in Tucson Shooting, to Run in Special Election

Former Gabrielle Giffords aide Ron Barber hopes to finish his former boss' term in Congress.​Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced this morning that he'll run in the special election to finish the remainder of Giffords' term.Giffords resigned from Co ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Jan Brewer Investigated by Feds Over Criminally Insane Son's Social Security Benefits

Governor Jan Brewer​Federal authorities spent more than a year investigating Governor Jan Brewer's role in collecting Social Security benefits intended for her mentally ill son, Ronald, who currently is in a state hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1990 on kidnapping an ... More >>

Hells Angels Crony Robert Tutokey Gets Prison Time For Helping Alleged Murderous Biker/Former Stock Broker Flee Country

​A Hells Angels hanger-on who helped alleged murderous biker Paul Eischeid flee the country in 2004 has been sentenced to prison time for supplying Eischeid with a false passport before he skipped town.Eischeid -- a former Charles Schwab stockbroker with a "relatively clean criminal record" -- is ... 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 >>

Joe Arpaio Promises Birthers a "Shock" When "Investigation" Into Obama's Eligibility to Be President is Complete *VIDEO*

www.saadmalik.com​There's good news and bad news regarding Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" posse's "investigation" into whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.The good news: the investigation will be finished by early next year, so Arpaio's team will soon be able ... More >>

Lawyer Tom Ryan Attempts a Hail Mary Legal Pass to Boot a Fraudulent Candidate Off the Recall Ballot

A Shortage of Mexican Laborers Threatens Arizona Farming

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Outs Himself as Illegal Immigrant, Details Underground Network That Supported Him

New York Times "We're not always who you think we are," Vargas writes of illegal immigrants. "Some pick your strawberries...[others] write news articles you might read." ​An illegal immigrant on the Washington Post reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Virginia ... More >>

Immigration Reform Introduced in Congress, Locals Say It's a Political Ploy For Obama

U.S. Senator from New Jersey Bob Menendez, who introduced immigration legislation in Congress today The United States Senate is at it again with immigration reform legislation, but Republicans are still unwilling to join the effort.Today, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, introduc ... More >>

Phoenix High School Track Coach's Deportation Set for Friday

Miguel Aparicio, 37, is set to be deported Friday. He hopes that a miracle happens and one day he can go back to coaching cross-country here in Phoenix.​​Miguel Aparicio's story is a prime example of how the U.S. immigration system can take someone from one extreme to another.In 2009, as he was ... More >>

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

Ask a Mexican on Border Security Lip Service and the Ease of Legal Immigration

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 2, 2011

Joe Arpaio "Announces" Re-Election Bid, the Money-Grubbing Part, Anyway

A "civil rights" investigation?! Who the heck does the president think he is?He just took you for $100 million in protected taxpayer funds.You are one of the following: 1) a senile ol' coot skerred of Messcans2) a tebagging piece of white trash with a do-rag and a Harley3) a rich Republican goober l ... More >>

Feds to School Districts: No, You Can't Deny Undocumented Kids an Education -- And Don't Bully Them, Either

SalonMemo to legislators: son niños. They're children.​The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without being hassled ... More >>

Federal Government Dishes Out $119,000 in Fraudulent Tax Returns to Arizona Rapist Serving Life Sentence. Oops.

Troy Fears​While the inefficiency of the Internal Revenue Service is enough to make most Americans want to bang their heads against a wall (or fly an airplane into one of its offices), it's paid off nicely for an Arizona man currently serving a life sentence at a Maine prison.Troy Fears, 54, ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 10, 2011

Rupert Murdoch and Koch Brothers "Piggish, Slippery Billionaires," Border Rancher Says

Last year, when we were reporting "Badlands" and "Rancher Down," two stories about life and death in Cochise County, on the southeastern border of Arizona and Mexico, we had the privilege of interviewing cattle rancher Rich Winkler. Billionaire brothers don't sit well with one pissed-off bord ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Personal Army? SB 1495 Paves the Way

Senator Allen: Pawn of the feds?Do you think Governor Jan Brewer, or any Arizona governor from this point on, should have a volunteer military force that she can call up and use for any purpose whatsoever?Well, that's what the governor would have if Senate Bill 1495 becomes law: A blank check t ... More >>

On Hate Crimes and Cultural Smells

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 2, 2010