A raid targeting illegal immigration led to the arrests of 21 Phoenix-area McDonald's workers Friday, and authorities were still seeking 30 other employees as part of their investigation.
Those arrested during the raid of four McDonald's in Scottsdale, Tempe and Mesa were being held on suspicion of identity theft. It will take more time to determine whether any of them are illegal immigrants as officials suspect, said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Deputies also searched a mansion in the tony Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley owned by Richard Coulston, who owns the restaurants, Arpaio said. Coulston was not arrested.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EMLHRO1.htm
Posted by (Julio Navarro)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Arizona propone leyes más duras contra inmigrantes ilegales
Por JACQUES BILLEAUD
PHOENIX (AP) " El gobierno de Arizona podría aprobar una propuesta que tipificaría como delito la inmigración ilegal y endurecería las normas policiales contra los indocumentados.
Hasta ahora, los republicanos en la Legislatura estatal habían conseguido apoyo para esas medidas, pero se veían frustrados por los vetos de un gobernador demócrata.
Ahora el pronóstico luce más prometedor para los grupos antiinmigrantes, pues una propuesta con esas medidas ha cobrado impulso e incluso la oposición da por sentado que el gobernador republicano la aprobará.
[Posted by: Gloria J]
Piden a gobernadora de Arizona vetar iniciativa
Phoenix, Arizona/EFE — Diversas organizaciones pro inmigrantes pidieron esta semana a la gobernadora de Arizona, Jan Brewer, que vete una iniciativa de ley que criminaliza la presencia de indocumentados en el estado.
Unas 150 personas se congregaron frente a las oficinas de la mandataria republicana en Phoenix para entregar tarjetas firmadas por miembros de la comunidad que expresan su oposición al proyecto, que de llegar a ser ley, convertiría a Arizona en el primer estado del país en criminalizar la presencia de indocumentados.
http://www.impre.com/inmigracion/2010/3/28/piden-a-gobernadora-de-arizona-180346-1.html
[Posted by: Gloria J]
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tough Bill advances in Arizona on Illegal immigrants
Tough Bill Advances in Arizona on Illegal Immigrants
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: March 23, 2010
LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Legislature gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposal that would allow the police to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges simply for being in the state.
Related
Times Topic: Immigration and Emigration
Television Review 'The Senators’ Bargain': A Grand Pact Goes Wrong (March 24, 2010)
The provision, which opponents and proponents call a first in the nation, is part of a wide-ranging bill whose sponsors say they hope will make life tougher for illegal immigrants.
The House bill must be reconciled with a version passed by the Senate, something that may be done within the next week or two. Both include measures to outlaw the hiring of day laborers off the street; prohibit anyone from knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant, even a relative, anywhere in the state; and compel local police to check the status of people they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/us/24immig.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: March 23, 2010
LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Legislature gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposal that would allow the police to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges simply for being in the state.
Related
Times Topic: Immigration and Emigration
Television Review 'The Senators’ Bargain': A Grand Pact Goes Wrong (March 24, 2010)
The provision, which opponents and proponents call a first in the nation, is part of a wide-ranging bill whose sponsors say they hope will make life tougher for illegal immigrants.
The House bill must be reconciled with a version passed by the Senate, something that may be done within the next week or two. Both include measures to outlaw the hiring of day laborers off the street; prohibit anyone from knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant, even a relative, anywhere in the state; and compel local police to check the status of people they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/us/24immig.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
DC Protestors will not Deter sheriff Arpaio
SHERIFF ARPAIO STATES THAT PROTESTORS IN WASHINGTON DID NOT DETER HIM FROM ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CRIME SUPPRESSION OPERATIONWill Enforce Immigration Laws until Federal Government Changes PoliciesPhoenix, AZ - This past weekend while immigration activists headed to Washington D.C. to demand immigration reform from the White House and Congress, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office was busy arresting 111 suspects during a two-day crime suppression operation that focused on human smuggling of illegal aliens and drug trafficking.Of the 111 arrested, the Sheriff confirmed that 78 were suspected of being in the country illegally and 57 of the illegal aliens were arrested for human smuggling violations. The operation also involved two large drug seizures of over 900 lbs of marijuana and five pounds of methamphetamines by illegal aliens.
The Sheriff says that the results of his 14th crime suppression operation are evidence that drug trafficking and illegal immigration are related and contribute to the violence at the U.S.-Mexico border.
http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/dc-protestors-will-not-deter-sheriff-arpaio.php
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
The Sheriff says that the results of his 14th crime suppression operation are evidence that drug trafficking and illegal immigration are related and contribute to the violence at the U.S.-Mexico border.
http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/dc-protestors-will-not-deter-sheriff-arpaio.php
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
Deputies raid four Valley McDonald's identity case
Deputies raided four Valley McDonald's restaurants Friday morning after learning that employees there were allegedly using falsified or stolen identities, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
The Sheriff's Office said that more than 50 employees working at the four McDonald's were using the IDs to gain employment in the country. Two of the restaurants are located in Mesa, one in Tempe and one in Scottsdale.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/26/20100326arpaio-immigration-raids-mcdonalds-ON.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
The Sheriff's Office said that more than 50 employees working at the four McDonald's were using the IDs to gain employment in the country. Two of the restaurants are located in Mesa, one in Tempe and one in Scottsdale.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/26/20100326arpaio-immigration-raids-mcdonalds-ON.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
Worker accused of stealing deputy's identity
Authorities say an illegal immigrant suspected of stealing the identity of a Maricopa County sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday night and booked into jail on several charges of aggravated identity theft
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This comes two days after Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced a new program requiring his 900 sworn deputies to attend training on the enforcement of federal and state immigration laws. "The irony is that now my own deputy sheriff, who's a victim of illegal immigration, is going to be trained to enforce federal and state immigration laws," Arpaio said.
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Loebardo Estrada-Robles, 31, allegedly used the Social Security number and driver's license of the deputy to obtain construction jobs.
The deputy alerted detectives after he received notice from the Social Security Administration that he owed $2,354 in taxes for employment at two different construction companies in the Valley.
"That made us suspicious because he doesn't work at a construction company — he's a deputy sheriff," Arpaio said.
The construction companies identified Estrada-Robles, who was deported in 2004, as the man using the deputy's name, Arpaio said.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/11/20100211abrk-deputy-identity-theft.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
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This comes two days after Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced a new program requiring his 900 sworn deputies to attend training on the enforcement of federal and state immigration laws. "The irony is that now my own deputy sheriff, who's a victim of illegal immigration, is going to be trained to enforce federal and state immigration laws," Arpaio said.
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Loebardo Estrada-Robles, 31, allegedly used the Social Security number and driver's license of the deputy to obtain construction jobs.
The deputy alerted detectives after he received notice from the Social Security Administration that he owed $2,354 in taxes for employment at two different construction companies in the Valley.
"That made us suspicious because he doesn't work at a construction company — he's a deputy sheriff," Arpaio said.
The construction companies identified Estrada-Robles, who was deported in 2004, as the man using the deputy's name, Arpaio said.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/11/20100211abrk-deputy-identity-theft.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
10,000 marchers, 5 arrests at immigration protest
An otherwise festive protest march against the immigration methods of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpio turned ugly Saturday afternoon when a small group brawled with police and hit a mounted officer and her horse with sticks.
Police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd and arrested five people.
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Sarah Grace Daniels, 23, Jeremiah M. Henry, 18, and Issa A. Emadi, 26, were booked aggravated assault on a police officer charges, Phoenix police said.
Garyn Klasek, 30, is facing aggravated assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct charges. Claire E. Brock, 23, was booked for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
The group was dressed entirely in black with bandanas over their faces and signs read "Assassinate Arpaio" and other anarchist messages.
They had been jawing with police for most of the afternoon, chanting profanities at officers and throwing bottles at them near the beginning of the march. Officers on bikes and horses and more in patrol cars escorted the group the rest of the way until they reached 35th Avenue and Durango, blocks from the jail.
Salvador Reza, one of the organizers of the protest, described the people who created the disturbance as an outside faction.
"There was provocation by some groups who came here for their own purpose to disrupt a peaceful march," Reza said.
The marchers began to cut off a utility cart that had been riding alongside the demonstration and police brought in a mounted officer to separate the protestors from the officer. The crowd surrounded the horse and a few protestors hit the animal with sticks that had black flags on them.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2010/01/16/20100116protest0117.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
Police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd and arrested five people.
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Sarah Grace Daniels, 23, Jeremiah M. Henry, 18, and Issa A. Emadi, 26, were booked aggravated assault on a police officer charges, Phoenix police said.
Garyn Klasek, 30, is facing aggravated assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct charges. Claire E. Brock, 23, was booked for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
The group was dressed entirely in black with bandanas over their faces and signs read "Assassinate Arpaio" and other anarchist messages.
They had been jawing with police for most of the afternoon, chanting profanities at officers and throwing bottles at them near the beginning of the march. Officers on bikes and horses and more in patrol cars escorted the group the rest of the way until they reached 35th Avenue and Durango, blocks from the jail.
Salvador Reza, one of the organizers of the protest, described the people who created the disturbance as an outside faction.
"There was provocation by some groups who came here for their own purpose to disrupt a peaceful march," Reza said.
The marchers began to cut off a utility cart that had been riding alongside the demonstration and police brought in a mounted officer to separate the protestors from the officer. The crowd surrounded the horse and a few protestors hit the animal with sticks that had black flags on them.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2010/01/16/20100116protest0117.html
Posted By: Yessenia Garcia
All Arpaio's deputies to get immigration training
Every Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy will receive training on the authority of local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law under a program Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Monday afternoon.
All 881 sworn deputies in the agency will receive two hours of initial training, but sheriff's administrators said the instruction will become part of the deputies' ongoing education requirements.
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Arpaio said the training would include information on racial profiling, an accusation the Sheriff's Office has fought since deputies began stepped-up immigration enforcement efforts in 2008.
For the past two years, sheriff's personnel who come across people they suspect are in the country illegally have called the expertise of 100 deputies who were trained in federal immigration law to help make a determination. An agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency removed that authority from street-level deputies in October.
Under the new training initiative, all the deputies will make those determinations on their own and call federal officials to see whether ICE will accept the suspects.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/08/20100208arpaio-deputies-immigration-training.html
Posted by: Yessenia Garcia
All 881 sworn deputies in the agency will receive two hours of initial training, but sheriff's administrators said the instruction will become part of the deputies' ongoing education requirements.
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Arpaio said the training would include information on racial profiling, an accusation the Sheriff's Office has fought since deputies began stepped-up immigration enforcement efforts in 2008.
For the past two years, sheriff's personnel who come across people they suspect are in the country illegally have called the expertise of 100 deputies who were trained in federal immigration law to help make a determination. An agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency removed that authority from street-level deputies in October.
Under the new training initiative, all the deputies will make those determinations on their own and call federal officials to see whether ICE will accept the suspects.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/08/20100208arpaio-deputies-immigration-training.html
Posted by: Yessenia Garcia
Friday, March 19, 2010
By JACQUES BILLEAUDThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.
Four hundred deputies and volunteer posse members are taking part in the patrols. The sweep, which began Thursday, is Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 14th since early 2008.
During the sweeps, deputies flood an area of a city - in some cases heavily Latino areas - to seek out traffic violators and arrest other alleged lawbreakers.
Critics say Arpaio's deputies have racially profiled Hispanics. The sheriff says deputies approach people only when they have probable cause to believe people have committed crimes.
Posted By: Ayanna Spikes
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/v-print/1536578/arizona-sheriff-launches-immigration.html
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/v-print/1536578/arizona-sheriff-launches-immigration.html
Monday, March 15, 2010
Miles protestan contra Joe Arpaio en Arizona
Piden a Obama dar fin al ‘reino del terror’ del sheriff de Maricopa
PHOENIX, Arizona (EFE).— Miles de personas marcharon ayer en Phoenix contra lo que calificaron el "reino de terror" del sheriff del condado Maricopa, Joe Arpaio, contra la comunidad inmigrante en Arizona.
"Es una vergüenza lo que pasa aquí en Arizona para nosotros que somos un país democrático", dijo la activista Dolores Huerta, fundadora de la Unión de Trabajadores Agrícolas (UFW) y una de las principales participantes del evento.
Más de 3.000 manifestantes, según estimados preliminares de la policía de Phoenix, se concentraron en las primeras horas de la mañana en el parque Falcon para después marchar cuatro millas hasta la cárcel Durango, operada por Arpaio.
http://www.impre.com/noticias/2010/1/17/miles-protestan-contra-joe-arp-168837-1.html
[posted by: gloria j]
Migrantes en prisión dan a luz encadenadas Las leyes de Arizona niegan el derecho a fianza y establece que al ser hospitalizadas recibirán ese trato
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Miriam Mendiola-Martínez, una inmigrante indocumentada detenida por cargos de robo de identidad para obtener empleo, dio a luz a un niño el 21 de diciembre en el Centro Médico de Maricopa.
Después de tener una cesárea, pasó dos días encadenada a la cama del hospital. No se le permitió amamantar a su bebé. La inmigrante mexicana fue escoltada a pie y encadenada al salir del centro médico, sin saber que sería de su bebé recién nacido.
Al igual que a Mendiola-Martínez, a todas las mujeres embarazadas que llegan a la cárcel del Condado Maricopa se les niega el derecho a fianza cuando son inmigrantes indocumentadas.
[posted: gloria j]
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Sueño americano se convierte en pesadilla para indocumentados
Estadísticas del Departamento del Trabajo de Estados Unidos revelan que desde diciembre de 2007, en Arizona se han perdido aproximadamente 261.000 empleos, lo que representa el 9,8 por ciento de la fuerza laboral del estado.
Activistas como Jennifer Allen, directora de la Red de Acción Fronteriza en Arizona, culpan a las leyes estatales antiinmigrantes del éxodo de inmigrantes.
En enero de 2008 entró en vigor en Arizona la ley estatal de sanciones a empleadores, que obliga a los negocios a verificar el estatus migratorio de sus trabajadores y penaliza a los negocios que contraten "sin papeles" a sabiendas.
http://www.impre.com/inmigracion/2010/2/23/suentilde;o-americano-se-convi-174685-1.html
[posted by: Gloria J]
Thursday, March 4, 2010
New Border Fence to contain Illegals, Drugs, Terrorist
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, required DHS to complete construction by December 31, 2008, of either 370 miles or other mileage determined by the Secretary, of reinforced fencing along the southwest border wherever the Secretary determines it would be most practical and effective in deterring smugglers and aliens attempting illegal entry. This provision also required the construction of reinforced fencing along a total of not less than 700 miles of the southwest border where fencing would be most practical and effective, but it did not establish a deadline for completion of the full 700 miles. DHS set a goal to complete approximately 670 miles of fencing by December 31, 2008. In December 2008, DHS reported that it planned to complete all but one of the fence projects by March 2009.
A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll indicated the American people favored a proposal to build a 2,000-mile security fence by a 51-to-37 percent margin. The total illegal alien population was estimated by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at 8 to 12 million in December 2003, but Lou Dobbs of CNN regularly uses 20 million as a more realistic number of illegal aliens in the US. The sea of illegal aliens provides a cover and an environment in which terrorists can hide, and the tide of in-coming illegal aliens provides terrorists with a reliable means of entry.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/systems/mexico-wall.htm
[posted by: Alejandro Jimenez]
A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll indicated the American people favored a proposal to build a 2,000-mile security fence by a 51-to-37 percent margin. The total illegal alien population was estimated by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at 8 to 12 million in December 2003, but Lou Dobbs of CNN regularly uses 20 million as a more realistic number of illegal aliens in the US. The sea of illegal aliens provides a cover and an environment in which terrorists can hide, and the tide of in-coming illegal aliens provides terrorists with a reliable means of entry.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/systems/mexico-wall.htm
[posted by: Alejandro Jimenez]
Undocumented UC Berkeley Alumn
“Look,” he said, his once nasal, high-pitched voice now deeper and more serious. “I’ve spent my whole life living in Eastern Texas. My family has been there for generations. I am sick and tired of all these illegals coming over the border and making a mess of things for the rest of us. It’s about time we do something about it.”
There was no hesitation in his remarks, not even a hint of discomfort or of the irony of what he was saying and where. Here we all were, at a writers’ conference by and for Latinos, most of us feeling optimistic about our growing demographic of readers, and even here there was an immigration debate.
I crossed my arms and massaged the stubble on my chin as he continued. He was not backing down. Instead, he looked at Rafael and Andrew and nodded as he commented about how much undocumented immigrants were costing our country. “Isn’t that right?” he asked rhetorically.
http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=682
[posted by: Alejandro Jimenez]
There was no hesitation in his remarks, not even a hint of discomfort or of the irony of what he was saying and where. Here we all were, at a writers’ conference by and for Latinos, most of us feeling optimistic about our growing demographic of readers, and even here there was an immigration debate.
I crossed my arms and massaged the stubble on my chin as he continued. He was not backing down. Instead, he looked at Rafael and Andrew and nodded as he commented about how much undocumented immigrants were costing our country. “Isn’t that right?” he asked rhetorically.
http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=682
[posted by: Alejandro Jimenez]
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