John McCain’s Racist Statements on Wildfires: After Pearce, Recall McCain

In the most disgusting, reprehensible, and irresponsible comments of his political career (and that’s saying a lot), Arizona’s senior U.S. Senator John McCain is blaming illegal immigrants for Arizona’s recent plague of wildfires, saying it’s the reason the country needs a “secure border.”As reported by CNN, the former presidential candidate…

ICE Honcho John Morton Blasted by Critics of Secure Communities

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 being deported.ICE director John Morton is saying he will give the department’s lawyers more decision-making options on what immigration…

Russell Pearce Spews Falsehoods on Horizon, Recall at 9,414 Valid Signatures

They say all politicians are by definition liars, but I’m beginning to believe state Senate President Russell Pearce could teach a college course in it.Sand Land’s Professor of Prevarication was on KAET’s Horizon Thursday to discuss the recall effort against him with host Ted Simons. Almost from jump, he began dishing falsehoods and…

John Huppenthal’s Whopper on Ethnic Studies: Cambium Report Doesn’t Back Hup’s Declaration that Tucson’s MASD Program Violates State Law

I’ve just finished reading the Cambium report on Tucson Unified School District’s much-maligned Mexican American Studies Department. It’s a shocker.Know why? Because the report itself concludes that “no observable evidence was present to suggest that any classroom within Tucson Unified School District is in direct violation of the law [Arizona…

Russell Pearce Sued by Puente’s Sal Reza

Pro-immigrant activist Sal Reza, leader of the Phoenix human-rights group Puente, announced Tuesday that he’s suing state Senate President Russell Pearce in federal court for falsely arresting him on suspicion of trespassing and denying him access to the Senate building.In addition to Pearce, the complaint names as defendants two Arizona…

Joe Arpaio Nabs Six Illegal Immigrants — Now He Wants a Thank You

Maricopa County’s corrupt top cop, Joe Arpaio, is boasting about six illegal immigrants his deputies arrested yesterday — he’s so impressed with himself, in fact, he wants a thank you.The immigrant roundup went down in the north Valley. The Sheriff’s Office says the immigrants paid smugglers $2,000 to bring them…

Vicente Fernandez Protested at Phoenix Concert by Puente

  Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican ranchero singer, angered some in Arizona’s Latino community when he decided to not only perform in an anti-immigrant state, but also because he is being sponsored by Budweiser.Scores of people showed up at US Airways Center Friday evening to show their disdain for the beloved Mexican…

Russell Pearce Bashes Immigrants While Hispanics Are Saving Arizona’s Economy

Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state’s economy.A boom in Arizona’s Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state’s struggling economy.This, according to a just-released report by the Arizona Hispanic…

Joe Arpaio Calls This Morning’s Illegal-Immigrant Roundup “Employer Sanctions Operation.” No “Employers” Actually Arrested

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 enforcement agency in the state that is currently enforcing employer sanctions laws.””Employer” being the operative word.However,…

Russell Pearce Slammed for Opposing Unemployment Extension

​​A few women at the state Capitol invited Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce into their daily lives to show him what a few hundred dollars a week from unemployment benefits can buy.Carla Mannes, one of the women at a press conference held by Citizens for a Better Arizona, explained that a…

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Raids Old Spaghetti Factory in Search of Seven Illegal Immigrants; Only Nabs Three

America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” conducted another of his signature illegal-immigrant roundups this morning, this time at the Old Spaghetti Factory in central Phoenix.Maricopa County’s corrupt top-cop was targeting seven suspected illegal immigrants following an eight-month investigation. Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys in beige only nabbed three of the targets, who were…

Jan Brewer’s Special Session, and the GOP’s Hypocrisy

Extending unemployment benefits to around 15,000 Arizonans still looking for work should be a no-brainer, assuming the wingnuts at the state Capitol had a pound of gray matter among ’em.It’s federal money that’s pumped into the state’s struggling economy, which according to the most recent numbers still suffers a 9.3…