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1. 1World Wide News Flash

   Ariz. sheriff: I'll jail immigration protesters | Raw Story…

   I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog …

   
   
2. 2H M Bascom

   That man is crazy! People like him claim to love the Constitution, but only when it applies to them! He needs to be stopped. I hope our Justice Department will launch an investigation of his abuses of and denial of civil rights.

   
   
3. 3indi_progressive

   If I lived anywhere near there I would have everyone I know put on big bushy fake mustaches, sombreros and ponchos, and drive around playing “la cucaracha” and the “mexican hat dance” and then demand that the law be enforced and every single one of these people BY LAW HAS to be stopped and their citizenship confirmed!

   
   
4. 4RantingTommy

   It would be more effective if he would arrest the people that HIRE them.

   We have an illegal EMPLOYER problem that is being ignored by the people that benefit from the downward pressure put on wages by the hiring of illegal immigrants.

   Fortunately, that is the strategy of the Obama Administration, who has increased the raids on EMPLOYERS.

   
   
5. 5vincent441

   the constitution doesn't apply to illegals

   
   
6. 6protobone

   Sheriff Nazi Joe Arpaio has NEVER read the U.S. Constitution. Obviously. All roads to totalitarian Arizona lead through Sheriff Nazi Joe.
   Sheriff Nazi Joe's motto is- “I've never met a Mexican I wouldn't gun down on sight!”

   
   
7. 7happy_citizen

   Apparently it only applies when tea bagging racists want it to be applied. And until the gestapo sheriff proves he is not an illegal, I say phuck off.

   
   
8. 8parrots_abound

   They key excerpt from the article being from the second paragraph:

   “Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that if protesters want to block his jail, he'll put them in it.”

   Blocking a jail versus arrested any protester…I think there's a big difference.

   Otherwise, I don't see any quote by him saying he will just jail protesters…which would be a ridiculous 1rst amendment violation.

   Is this ANOTHER case of misleading titles by propaganda artists at 'news' agencies?

   Hmmmmmmm

   
   
9. 9parrots_abound

   Oh I forgot to add..

   24 hours till countdown

   Don't let the door hit ya.

   
   
10. 10Grove

    More words of wisdom by ASSHOLE JOE

    GROVE

    
    
11. 11Grove

    More words of wisdom by ASSHOLE JOE

    GROVE

    
    
12. 12BeantownDeminWA

    The connstitution applies to EVERYONE here which is why when a tourist who comes to the US and who may go to Mardi Gras, gets drunk and maybe gets arrested for baring breasts or public intoxication or anything liek that is read their miranda rights and why they are afforded the same rights and responsibilities as those of us who were born here are are citizens.
    The connstitution isn't just for American citizens and nowhere in it does it say ANYTHING like that.
    Now maybe you want it to just apply to American citizens because you view anyone who isn't an American citizen as not as worthy as you or perhaps I may be misstating that maybe you just have a problem with illegals but the fatc remains that it protects everyone and the reason is simple it's one of the most beautiful,living documents this world has seen, it's helpeds to provide life & hope to millions if not billions, it serves as a beacon that so many reach for.
    For this reason it's protections are for everyone in this country not just for those you deem to be worthy of them.

    
    
13. 13jimbo92107

    After all, there is no First Amendment in Arizona. The law there is decided by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

    Dictator much?

    
    
14. 14H M Bascom

    Why do you assume that ALL of the protesters will be undocumented persons?

    Actually parts of the Constitution do apply to “illegals.”

    In Wong Wing v. U S, 163 U.S. 228 (1896), the Supreme Court stated (in citing a
    previous case and affirming 14th Amendment rights):

    “The fourteenth amendment to the constitution is not confined to the protection of citizens. It says: 'Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.' These provisions are universal in their application to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or nationality; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws.' Applying this reasoning to the fifth and sixth amendments, it must be concluded that all persons within the territory of the United States are entitled to the protection guarantied by those amendments . . . .”

    So you see, all person in the United States regardless of immigration status are entitled to the protections afforded the Constitution.

    
    
15. 15SSpeedracer

    Sensationalism at its finest.

    
    
16. 16kiboshki

    Most of the Constitution applies to everyone equally.
    And many of the protesters are not illegal, anyway.

    
    
17. 17H M Bascom

    He's got “funny” name. I wonder if he is a “real” American? I never thought about the sheriff's immigration status. I just don't think that way, but thank you for pointing out that the AZ law could be used against someone just like him. Ha! Imagine that!

    
    
18. 18morty62

    Hey Joe, why don't you hold a seance and ask the ghost of George Wallace who wins the battle between issues of federal and state authority. When your state sees it's growth head south and you see the funding for your bullshit jail cut then you'll realize the real consequences of your state's backward version immigration reform.

    
    
19. 19Wedgy

    By ruling of the Supreme Court the United States Constitution applies to EVERYONE on US soil or in US custody. Educate yourself sometime.

    
    
20. 20Yavo

    Joe says he's not going to put up with any civil disobedience. Someone should tell Joe our country was founded on civil disobedience. We didn't kiss the King's arse and the King said, “kiss my arse” although Joe would because Joe don't do that civil disobedience stuff.

    The King thinks Joe is a good kisser.

    
    
21. 21Volker

    That's why the US runs a concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay because it's illegal occupied cuban soil

    
    
22. 22uberliberal

    When will the people of Arizona retire this guy? He symbolizes everything that's wrong in America today: bigoted, narrowminded, a follower, lackey for the rich, authoritarian autocrat.

    Hey Arizona – we'll never visit or spend money in your state until you get rid of this law and Arpaio. ;(

    
    
23. 23stumptownhero

    Boycott Arizona and any and all product made there!!

    All patriotic Americans must send a loud and clear message that dividing the country by race has a cost.

    Stop the Neo-confederates now!

    
    
24. 24Discovery2

    Where are you from? – So we can boycott you.

    
    
25. 25stumptownhero

    Don't forget to have 8 people in the car with you!

    
    
26. 26parrots_abound

    I'm a BIG FAN of civil disobedience.

    But if you do it, you had better be ready to get put in cuffs. That's just the nature of the beast.

    If you stop commerce, block services, block government officials, block emergency based services, health services, utilities and public roads…you bet someone is going to remove you and cite you or jail you.

    Otherwise 500 people could shut down a major corridor like the Golden Gate bridge and cost companies, government, small and big businesses, police, paramedic, fire…you name it.

    The Sheriff has every right to remove them and cite them, and they have every right to disobey.

    Two way street.

    
    
27. 27enorceht

    oh yeah

    i believe it when cops say they never stop anyone because of race

    or that there are wmd's in iraq

    or that bin laden is at my back door

    or that we need to have profit corportions in charge of our lives

    or that the only time a protester in az will get arrested is if he blocks the jail entrance

    now where's that bridge you had for sale ?

    
    
28. 28parrots_abound

    Ahhhhh…..the race card again.

    
    
29. 29parrots_abound

    With the Associated Press and Raw Story? NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    
    
30. 30ComeOn1

    Yeah, Heaven forbid Arizona enforce a Federal Law

    
    
31. 31tazdelaney

    this pig… but if he promises to put protesters in jail… that gives a tactic to the protesters… force him to arrest thousands and then watch him figure out where to put them all. this should also be the tactic of pot-smokers. imagine a million people demanding to be jailed for their little bit of pot in say, washington, DC, or LA, NYC. there wouldn't be any police left to attack the citizenry for all the paperwork. 3 square meals a day that must be served, too. pandemonium would set in and then we could party hearty. give new meaning to that old elvis presley movie, 'jailhouse rock.'

    
    
32. 32parrots_abound

    Again, can someone here in the comments section show me where the Sheriff said he will literally “JAIL IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS”? Just for protesting?

    
    
33. 33Rush Goofbaugh

    Yea…. it would be just like France. When ever the criminal government does something stupid they just shut the place down. They go home, drink wine and when the government gets it's head out of it's ass… they all go back to work. What a concept. Amerikins haven't got the balls to do that. Damn I need my drugs… really bad…..

    
    
34. 34ComeOn1

    Being found to be an illegal Immigrant implies you're a RACIST if you bring up that uncomfortable fact

    
    
35. 35WilyArmadilla

    if this is 'totalitariansim' then your so-called “immigration reform” is anarchy.

    
    
36. 36Elim

    I'm fine with arresting illegal alien protesters.

    
    
37. 37eekeller

    I'm fine with Arpaio arresting you.

    
    
38. 38sacha

    go fuck a duck

    
    
39. 39sacha

    yea you illegal mexicans get the fuck out

    
    
40. 40sacha

    oh now you for the law you two faced piece of shit, what about the mexicans coming here illegally you for that huh you for breaking that law right

    
    
41. 41Savantster

    It applies to the citizens exercising their rights to protest.. the ones he said he'll jail if they exercise their rights.

    Are you really that stupid? It sure would explain a lot.

    
    
42. 42bobdevo

    Being an undocumented alien – absent aggravating circumstances – is NOT A CRIME. THe Feds do not classify undocumented presence as a crime for the simple reason if you charge someone with a crime, you have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury and you have to provide legal counsel. Simple unlawful or undocumented presence in the US is classified as an administrative violation – similar to a zoning matter – so the government can deal with it through an administrative process. Typically, this idiot sheriff isn't even able to effectively articulate the law he claims to enforce.

    
    
43. 43sacha

    where does it say it applies to illegal mexican's know where
    why don't you go into mexico illegally and see what happens to your dumb ass you get rights like a broom handle up your ass.

    
    
44. 44eekeller

    Before Ronny Reagan made the million or so “illegals” legal when he was president (so the Corps could have some real cheap labor), “they” kept us busy hating African Americans (the poorest and least capable among us of defending themselves). Now “they” keep us busy hating Mexicans (the poorest and least capable among us of defending themselves ). When will the people of this country wake up and realize they are being played for fools by the people they should be hating. I'm not facing losing my house because a Mexican is coming across the border for a job. I'm facing losing my house because a rich, white, male lawyer decided my benefits cost him too much and fired me after 10 years.

    
    
45. 45sacha

    ok dumbass what is a american type name

    
    
46. 46ggmom73

    How did marching for a cause, automatically become 'Civil Disobedience'? If a march or protest becomes violent, then isn't it considered Civil Disobedient? However you have a right to protest, you have a right to congregate, please someone who knows the laws in AZ,

    
    
47. 47parrots_abound

    I agree, I wish Americans had the balls to do it like France too…on many issues.

    It's just that on THIS issue they're on 'the wrong side' IMO.

    
    
48. 48gypski

    Sheriff Joe has got to go. He's become the J Edgar Hoover of Arizona and has his own secret files and spies . He needs to be wearing pink undies.

    
    
49. 49panamarick

    Better watch out fellow Hippies

    This guy has a real fetish for boys in pink underwear, all sweaty and locked in cages.

    Did you know he was consulted on …a few things for Abu Ghraib prison? Check out a video called The Power of Nightmares, episode 3 I think.

    
    
50. 50H M Bascom

    Dude, that was rude and inappropriate. America should set the standard for protection of civil rights and liberties.

    To answer your question, the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution applies to “persons” regardless of immigration status. And in case you haven't read the Constitution, United States Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2 establishes federal law as the “supreme law of the land.” Moreover, the Supreme Court is the final word on the Constitutionality of any law and of the Constitution. It's called “judicial review.” If the Supreme Court says that the Constitution applies to “illegals” then it does and that is the end of the matter.

    Here's a linky for you (warning it requires that you know how to read):

    http://usgovinfo.about.com/blctjurisdiction.htm

    
    
51. 51parrots_abound

    Civil disobedience does not include 'violence'. Civil disobedience is basically when you interrupt the natural course of business or government with smaller “violations” than all out rioting, yet larger than just being a 'protest'.

    Blocking traffic, chaining yourself to doors, stopping commerce, interrupting services.

    It's not really the same as 'peaceful assembly' or using megaphones and yelling chants. And you can be hauled off for it.

    
    
52. 52H M Bascom

    You really do not understand the concept of “sarcasm” do you?

    
    
53. 53serfdumb

    Why all the bitching and moaning about the immigration laws not being enforced. There is so much selective inforcement of the law in this country that isn't being addressed you would think the subject would have come up before. It's kind of like the TeaBagger's that are so adamant about not adding to the deficit. Not a peep as long as Bush was in office. Clinton balanced the budget but I didn't see these phonies praising him for that. No. It was all about the sex. As long as the immigrants are working in the fields or cleaning their toilets it's fine but when they start to work in the trades and other professions it's unacceptable. I don't feel we owe the illegals anything but to try and claim the moral high ground because the laws are not being enforced equally is chicken sh-t. I just don't see these types making any effort to correct any of the other injustices that abound in this country or around the world. If you want to be an a-hole, just be an a-hole and don't hide behind some phony argument to give yourself cover. Just admit you are concerned about losing your job to lower wage earners or that you are afraid you may not be able to compete with a new generation of workers or that you don't really like the cultural divide or that you feel uncomfortable mixing with other races or that maybe you are just a racist prick but please don't hide behind the skirt of the injustice of not enforcing the law unless you are ready for equal protection across the board. You know, like holding Corporations accountable for their disregard for the law. Putting murdering cops in jail for their crimes. Holding the Pentagon accountable for the theft of trillions of dollars, and the list goes on and on.
    Land of the free and home of the brave indeed!

    
    
54. 54shinyorbs

    this dip dong is on such a power trip…look at the photos behind him…while most people have pics of family this narcissist has photos of himself! I also think he has latent homosexual tendencies what with his infatuation for pink.

    If white men would QUIT hiring illegals for dirt pay they'd quit trying to come here to work, DUH.

    
    
55. 55shinyorbs

    your IQ is showing, go crawl back into your mamas basement

    
    
56. 56chabuka

    Arpaio ..you miserable old f*ck, we ” the people” have a Constitutional right to protest, to address grievances…how many other Constitutional rights are you bent on taking from the people, your the one who should be arrested and thrown in jail…your the one who is breaking the law….
    The Federal law on illegal employment is below….

    A person (including a group of persons, business, organization or local government) commits a federal felony when he:
    assists an alien whom he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him to obtain employment,
    encourages that alien to remain in the U.S., by referring him to an employer, by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
    knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
    Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime.

    Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief

    
    
57. 57shinyorbs

    nice.

    
    
58. 58shinyorbs

    yeah it just applies to the white men that hire illegals right?

    
    
59. 59shinyorbs

    Johnson is one, suck it.

    
    
60. 60Jacques Graber

    Dear Sheriff Arpaio (what nationality is that, now?)
    Directions for wearing your badge.
    Take tin star.
    insert sideways,
    Twist, (direction is optional)

    
    
61. 61musashi1

    this shit is rediculous! its like blaming the slaves for slavery! punish the evil greedy fucks that hire illegal labor! yea, like that will ever happen. money rules everything in this corrupt fucking country, used to be proud to be an american, now im fucking ashamed!

    
    
62. 62Thomas McDonnell

    Sorry, the broom handle up the ass indecent happened right here in the good ole USA, you know up there in New York. Where the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants!!

    
    
63. 63Third_stone

    Arpaio is no stranger to civil disobedience. He does it himself when he disagrees with the law. I also consider him a tyrant and a jerk.
    The issue in this law is that now local police are to question your immigration status, and for being unable to prove that you are here lawfully, which is likely to be true of most of os, even if you are born here, you will end up in Arpaio's own jail. The down side, if it gets worse than that, is that an illegal is now afraid to testify to crime. I for example, had a burglary at a commercial building, and it was an illegal immigrant living in the woods nearby who reported it to me, who then called the police. I asked the investigating officer if he was able to ignore the man's immigration status for the moment so the witness could tell the police what happened. The officer accepted the condition, and got the testimony. In Arizona they can no longer do that. Now, if an employer gives a bad check to an illegal, it is the victim who will go to jail. If there is a murder witnessed by illegals, they will be afraid to speak up, knowing that the terrible Arpaio will be coming for them. This will make a serious mess.
    Arizona has a good many US citizens who look just like Mexicans, since the territory was once part of Mexico, and for generations people have crossed the border freely. It is Arpaio's kind, the long knives, who are immigrants to Arizona. Did Joe's ancestors sign in properly when they arrived? I think that should be investigated. It needs to be asked, what gives the white immigrants to Arizona the right to look down on the Mexicans, who have always been in Arizona? The indian tribes of the area knew nothing of a border, and migrated seasonally across what we now think is the border. They are still there, and look somewhat Mexican. White boys are arrogant and think the world is for them, no matter where their fathers came from, but they want to Harass people who look Mexican, whose grandfathers and their grandfathers before them made their home in Arizona.

    
    
64. 64DesertWren

    “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

    Not even Antonin Scalia thinks the Constitution only applies to U.S. citizens. You would have to be a real neo-Nazi to think that. Nowhere in the Bill of Rights does the term “citizen” appear.

    
    
65. 65Third_stone

    Immigration is not the scale of problem it is said to be. It is this season's equivalent of gay marriage, just something to run against. Republicans are at their best when they are against something. Never mind the collateral damage done to the people victimized by unreasonable laws.
    I think that republicans since Reagan have ignored immigration because it drove down wages. This pleases them, with no thought to the customers they lose as people no longer buy the consumer goods.
    I think enforcing a law like Arizona's is impossible to do fairly, and will end up with all of us being required to have our documents ready to show at any moment, as the Germans once suffered from. Do not sell your freedom for some imaginary security.
    Why is nothing said about how to get to the root of the problem? There is a reason there is no work in Mexico.

    
    
66. 66ComeOn1

    Thats a bunch of fancy pants crap-talk that don't mean shit. Are you here illegally or not? Let's see you're identification. How about a SS card? wtf, you can't play little league baseball without proof of age.

    
    
67. 67protobone

    Temper temper mon ami. You gonna blow a vein. What I am “for” would be for Sheriff Nazi Joe Arpaio to retire. Murderous fanatical fascist anyway. What I am “for” would be amnesty for the undocumented Mexicans already here. What I am “for” would be a comprehensive overhaul of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Or INS or what-the-fuck-ever the bureaucracy calls itself these days. The immigration system is horribly broken, corrupt, and unable (by design?) to handle the lengthy and expensive process of becoming “American.”
    What I am “against” would be racist and dumbass crawlers, like yourself, that seem worlds of afraid of Mexicans. By the by blow job, Mexicans were IN Arizona long before 'whitey' showed up to really screw Arizona over.
    So you ignorant cracker and just for today only- I AM ILLEGAL…GET THE FUCK OVER IT!!!

    
    
68. 68serfdumb

    Third stone,
    I couldn't agree with you more., hence my stating that that non-enforcement is just an excuse to hide behind. There are thousands of examples of selective or non-enforcement out there that get no attention. I perhaps should have been more clear about my sarcasm of “working in the trades, etc.” That was not my opinion but what I consider that of many of the folks that support the AZ. law. I do not support it. I stand by my comment that we do not owe the migrants anything but that does not mean I think they should be treated poorly. First it's the migrants, then it's the homeless, then it's the dissidents. I am well aware of how fascism progresses through well defined steps in order to isolate and eliminate groups they deem unworthy to share the world with. So, I believe you may have misinterpreted my comments. I will try to be more clear in future posts.

    
    
69. 69serfdumb

    FYI
    another small victory for the good guys

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    The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents – including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.

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70. 70starvapor

    Arpaio is involving himself in prior restraint of first amendment rights he says he's “not going to put up with ANY civil disobedience” when the state's new immigration law takes effect.
    He's inviting federal intervention when he makes such statements that show his prior intention to violate civil rights laws.

    
    
71. 71sacha

    go the fuck back to your own country asshole fix your corrupt country dont be a little bitch go back home and get rid of all the corruption you big puSsy
    GO HOME YOU ILLEGAL PUNK

    
    
72. 72sacha

    DICKHEAD IS ANOTHER

    
    
73. 73ComeOn1

    Good luck with that. The Dems aren't interested in enforcing the business end of the law either. Reid, Democrats don't want anything to do with E-verify. This would require employers to prove legal social security for each hire. Neither side is interested in solving this mess.

    
    
74. 74Dago T

    Mayor Daley reincarnated!

    
    
75. 75AtlanticCapers

    That's nonsense. (A lie.)

    
    
76. 76AtlanticCapers

    Why can't people learn what they Constitution says so they don't have to make things up and look stupid?

    
    
77. 77H M Bascom

    A federal judge has blocked “papers please” from taking effect, so Sheriff Joe will have to find another way to harass immigrants.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

    
    
78. 78joulesbeef

    everify is a mess and has a ton of false positives which effect Hispanics 90000000times more than whites.

    you also seem to be unaware of the fact that arizona already had the nations strictest immigration laws… passed by janet napitano(D) and it caused AZ to lose illegals at a rate double the rest of the country. They lost 20% of their illegals in one year. ANd they did so without oppressing american hispanic citizens.

    
    
79. 79joulesbeef

    Love the comment but want to add to it.
    Over 50% of the undocumented, came into this country legally. Most over stayed visas.
    There are only 2 ways to be an “illegal”, one to cross the boarder at anywhere besides a border check point(but you actually have to prove they did this, just being here isnt proof and reread my second sentence) The only other way to be an “illegal” is to have been previously deported.

    You can actually live your entire life in the US as a resident alien, without every becoming a citizen. You can get a job and not be a citizen(we do have exchange students you know). You can own a huge corp.. like say the washington times and never ever ever become a US citizen, like the rev moon has not.

    being here without papers is not illegal, we are not north korea.

    
    
80. 80liz29

    Sheriff Joe is a racist who should be have federal oversight. I'm sure he is upset with the Judge for upholding the Constitution.

    
    
81. 81joulesbeef

    meaningless.. you dont have to show a birth cert.. you dont have to jump through hoops.

    Recently an american hispanic truck driver was detained for not having his birth cert on him.

    White truckers can get by with just their DL. THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

    besides there is damn good reason why we dont have a national ID card and I thought you right wingers were against it.

    
    
82. 82bobdevo

    It's the law, jerkwad. Being an undocumented alien is NOT a crime. Bet me $10,000 and I'll go to the trouble of jamming the Immigration Act aka Title 8 of the US Code down your disbelieving maw.

    
    
83. 83bobdevo

    It's the law, jerkwad. Being an undocumented alien is NOT a crime. Bet me $10,000 and I'll go to the trouble of jamming the Immigration Act aka Title 8 of the US Code down your disbelieving maw.

    
    
84. 84bobdevo

    It's the law, jerkwad. Being an undocumented alien is NOT a crime. Bet me $10,000 and I'll go to the trouble of jamming the Immigration Act aka Title 8 of the US Code down your disbelieving maw.

    
    
85. 85ComeOn1

    Try E-verify. The onus on the business's to prove they are not hiring illegal aliens. Democrats want nothing to do with it. Big Business wins again.

    
    
86. 86ComeOn1

    Try E-verify. The onus on the business's to prove they are not hiring illegal aliens. Democrats want nothing to do with it. Big Business wins again.

    
    
87. 87ComeOn1

    Try E-verify. The onus on the business's to prove they are not hiring illegal aliens. Democrats want nothing to do with it. Big Business wins again.

    
    
88. 88ComeOn1

    Try E-verify. The onus on the business's to prove they are not hiring illegal aliens. Democrats want nothing to do with it. Big Business wins again.

    
    
89. 89AtlanticCapers

    Getting a visa with the intention of staying beyond expiration is a crime punishable by jail time. Sneaking across the boarder is a crime punishable by jail time.

    I understand you've been trained to lie to get around this reality, but the facts will not change.

    
    
90. 90Rocky LaLiberte

    You enforce the law by fining those who employ illegal immigrants an amount equal to their annual profits. That would mean that if you hire an illegal immigrant to be your nanny, and your neighbor turns you in, you will be fined as much as you earned last year. If a corporation hires an illegal immigrant they are fined as much as they earned the previous year.

    If the powers that be don't like that idea, then lets stop all this nonsense about carding all the brown people and figure out a way to accept these people into our society.

    If you're going to fight immigration, you have to do it by penalizing those who make it possible for them to stay. If nobody will hire them, they'll go home.

    
    
91. 91DFW

    If the law should be determined, by higher authority than this egomaniac, to have been abused by him, then he should applaud the federal officers that come to put him in handcuffs and lead him off to that prison he is so proud of.

    
    
92. 92bobdevo

    You need to learn how to read AC. First line of my post:

    Being an undocumented alien – ABSENT AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES – is NOT A CRIME.

    Aggravating circumstances include but are not limited to “sneaking across the border” or “fraudulently” obtaining a visa. I know you have a limited capacity to process information – but please, in the future, before you try to correct me – try to READ what I am saying.

    
    
93. 93stumptownhero

    The GOP is using the undocumented aliens issue just like they used “gay marriage” in the 04 Presidential elections to “energize” their base. They know that the “numbers” are against them so the only way to win is to make sure that their people vote and keep the Dem votes from being counted.

    In AZ then Secretary of State Brewer purged 100,000 voters from the rolls for being suspected of being illegal aliens yet did not peruse a single person for the crime of falsely registering to vote.
    This “issue” is about power politics, pure and simple.

    
    
94. 94billos

    Justice will be done when this PoS clutches his chest and dies with one hand while holding his first retirement check in the other

    
    
95. 95AtlanticCapers

    No, that's not aggravating circumstances. That's the norm.

    Using your insane logic, murder is not illegal because it's not illegal to be a murderer; it's only illegal to murder. And only then when you also rape.

    
    
96. 96palmharbor

    If this guy ever loses his job in Arizona, he would be recruited to come to Florida
    where the REAL rednecks are.

    
    
97. 97palmharbor

    He's not upset…he is going to ignore the court order.

    
    
98. 98Benway for the Nova Police

    Actually, it's not a criminal offense. Shows how stupid this turd really is.

    
    
99. 99SR

    Which constitution says you can be here illegally?

    And which constitution says the states can do nothing if the feds willfully abdicate their duties?

    
    
100. 100palmharbor

     Tell me where in the constitution says Irish nationals can come to Boston and live without the proper VISA but Mexican nationals cannot?
     The Constitution clearly gives the authority on Immigration to the Federal Government…period…no exceptions are provided for. I thought you knew
     but then you get all your news from Glenn Beck and FoxNews.

     
     
101. 101palmharbor

     Be easy on Arpaio….his father was killed in a German Death Camp….he fell out of his guard tower when the Americans arrived.

     
     
102. 102wiseturtle

     Can't jail'em all, you NAZI BASTARD!!

     
     
103. 103maheanuu

     Hey Sheriff Joe! It isn't against the law to suck dicks……. So you useless cock sucker why not get on your knees and suck my mine? I would dearly love to have a shit for brains like you on the snotty end of my fuck stick.. And if you don't think I do not like 99.9999% of you pieces of shit cops in the land of my birth, you have better have another think coming… I am no longer one of you, America in my opinion sucks, no different than you… Piss Off Asshole… You and John McCain must have the same mother or milkman….. Fuck you!!!!

     
     
104. 104Theodore R. Blodgett

     Never forget that Joe Arpaio's parents immigrated to the United States just after WWII to flee the wrath of the Italian people against supporters of Mussolini.

     
     
105. 105yvonneo

     Where in the Constitution does it say that states can violate the Constitution for any reason they deem necessary? And provide proof that the feds have abdicated their Constitutional authority.

     Illegal immigration has been a problem for decades and during those years both repubs and dems have discovered that there is no easy solution to this problem–it's far more complicated than most people understand, which is why every time the issue comes up, it ends up on the back burner. And I don't see how criminalizing illegal immigration is going to solve the problem–it's only going to shift these illegal immigrants from the streets to the prison cells, and we the taxpayer will be left footing the bill. At least when illegal immigrants work in this country, they do contribute through the taxes they do pay, and by buying our products.

     I bet you're one of those people that constantly screams about everybody's constitutional rights, until someone else's constitutional rights get in your way.

     Oh, and where in our laws does it state that sheriff joe can willfully ignore court orders?

     
     
106. 106Theodore R. Blodgett

     It's the Constitution of the United States of America that says that states can't interfere with federal law concerning immigration. There is NO Constitution that says anything about requirements to be in the country legally. That is all in law codes. But of course you right wing death to America scum don't give 2 shits about our Constitution or legal codes. That's why American can't stand you worthless lazy punks..

     
     
107. 107Theodore R. Blodgett

     Don't act like a Republican and make shit up!!! The truth is bad enough for Joe. His parents were Mussolini supporters and had to flee Italy after WWII after the Italians hung il Duce and were threatening to hang all his supporters.

     
     
108. 108yvonneo

     The picture shown of sheriff joe in this article makes me wonder how many illegal immigrants he has murdered and/or tortured to death. It's scary to think that this guy has a badge and gun–in fact, I think I've read that he has a semi-automatic machine gun or something like that that he likes to take with him when he goes illegal immigrant hunting.

     
     
109. 109LiberalJarhead

     Immigration? The Great Bush 43 didn't do a thing about it or, for that matter, about anything. This is just another rethug propaganda ploy to get their dumbed down masses to vote. the repukes will drag thos out as long as possible because they want the cheap labor.

     
     
110. 110Chip

     This guy's a dick.

     
     
111. 111Annunciata Rubiconski

     Protesters: if you get arrested TAKE 'EM TO COURT!

     4 protesters recently won a $500 million judgement against an Arizona county.

     
     
112. 112ericthefool

     Come on Zach De La Rocha and Rage Against the Machine. Get your old ass off the couch and start holding some free concerts here in AZ.

     When RATM decides to boycott rather then protest, you know the country is in a world of shit.

     Arizona is full of retards….believe me, I live in this hell hole. Arpio needs more money for his private prisons…wake the fuck up.

     
     
113. 113shinyorbs

     ah, those are his “books” behind him, not self portraits….still narcissistic

     
     
114. 114Dan M

     You are absolutely, 100% correct. These businesses don't hire illegals in spite of their undocumented status. They hire them because of it. Undocumented workers will slave away for subminimum wages, they won't complain about long workdays without overtime, and they won't file tax returns at the end of the year and claim their refunds out of fear of being discovered and deported. It's a win-win for business and the government government, but a bad deal for everybody else.

     
     
115. 115azafvet

     This thug has everyone believing he is such a great Sheriff, but statistics show that while crime rates throughout the county he rules has dropped in localities he does not patrol, while his crime statistics has risen. He is a blowhard and a legend in his own mind.

     
     
116. 116azafvet

     don't hold it in, let him have it!

     
     
117. 117Joe_in_PHX

     Sheriff Joe is extremely busy sending his deputies out to the weekend markets to pick up anybody guilty of 'breathing while brown', and busting them for jaywalking or selling counterfeit DVD's. SRSLY, he does that.

     
     
118. 118Joe_in_PHX

     Eric, I have a house in Phoenix, too, which I paid a lot of money for. I support the boycotts, because it has to hit Brewer and Arpaio and their supporters in the wallet to wake them up. They are going to run the state's already depressed economy into the ground. There are supposedly already large swaths of neighborhoods in the Phoenix metro area that are turning into ghost towns, and businesses closing. The state can't agree on a budget and all the state employees are on a mandatory unpaid furlough every other week. Real estate experts and economists are predicting that Phoenix area homes are going to take another 20%-30% hit in value later this year. And that's what needs to happen to break the stranglehold that the racist GOP has on Arizona. Even if it means that I can never sell my house for what I paid for it, I still support the boycott.

     
     
119. 119kasinca

     Jail them for exercising freedom of speech? That sounds a little skinheaded or kluxer to me.

     
     
120. 120tonybinca

     Don't arrest the protesters who are ignorant or just plain operatives. Arrest the illegals and deport them.

     
     
121. 121tonybinca

     Yes, emigrated LEGALLY. You don't see the difference, do you? Brainwashed idiot.

     
     
122. 122tonybinca

     Why not get an illegal to suck your tiny dick? It'd be much cheaper. LMFAO

     
     
123. 123DonkeySH

     BREAKING: Parts Of AZ S.B. 1070 Blocked:

     http://thedonkeyedge.com/2010/07/28/breaking-pa...

     
     
124. 124tonybinca

     Penalize those who employ them, and deport the illegals.

     
     
125. 125tonybinca

     The Constitution does not apply to other countries. Only America and Americans, not illegal invaders from other countries. Geez, what a dipshit.

     
     
126. 126tonybinca

     Only Americans have constitutional rights, dumbass.

     
     
127. 127arlojthudpucker

     “Legally”? How do you know? Are the naturalization papers posted? Until they are, it's safe to assume that his parents were one step ahead of the mobs that rid Italy of the Fascist “Il Duce” supporters, and entered the US any way they could.

     
     
128. 128yvonneo

     He didn't say anything about whether sheriff joe entered legally or illegally. The point made was that sheriff's joe's parents were supporters of mussolini. Do you even know who mussolini was?

     
     
129. 129yvonneo

     How do you know his dick is tiny? Been there, done that?

     
     
130. 130yvonneo

     And what about my comment lead you to the conclusion that I said otherwise, dumbass?

     
     
131. 131cessnadriver

     The Maricopa County Sheriffs have arrested people speaking out against the Sheriff at county board meetings. They were charged with “disorderly conduct”.

     
     
132. 132cessnadriver

     All persons in the United States other than diplomats with immunity have Constitutional rights.

     
     
133. 133cessnadriver

     I don't know the exact current figures, but a few years ago 40% of persons in the US illegally were from Mexico and the Americas. The other 60% come from the rest of the world.

     When you get into criminal aliens-persons who commit crimes other than being here illegally-the percentage from outside Mexico and the Americas is far higher. Even with the drug smuggling thing taken into account.

     
     
134. 134cessnadriver

     Simple: Protesters protest. Deputies shoot tear gas. Deputies order protesters not to rub their eyes.

     Protesters rub their eyes.

     Protesters are arrested for obstruction of the administration of justice.

     Sounds ridiculous? It's pretty near to what happened in St. Paul during the repug convention.

     “Anarchists” were arrested for having “molotov-coctail making materials in the home”.

     They had glass bottles in their recycling.

     
     
135. 135MyUsernameWasStolen

     Joe who?

     
     
136. 136cessnadriver

     What are the current figures on unserved felony warrants in Maricopa County?

     
     
137. 137hawkeye17

     So much for freedom of speech huh Joe? And this fool thinks he's a 'good' American.

     
     
138. 138tonybinca

     Mussolini was THE fascist. A lot of our so-called heroes in government and business supported Mussolini, and so would your savior Obama, the latest American fasicist. And I'm sure that the sheriff can provide his citizenship papers, unlike the illegal crims coming over the border.

     
     
139. 139tonybinca

     A huge reach, and idiotic, frankly.

     
     
140. 140tonybinca

     Anyone who waves their dick around to suck is insecure and has a tiny dick. Maybe you are part of the one-incher club? Or your husband?

     
     
141. 141tonybinca

     Illegals don't have constitutional rights, Einstein.

     
     
142. 142yvonneo

     I wonder how much stock sheriff joe owns in the private prison industry? In order to realize significant profits, you've got to keep those prison cells full, you know.

     
     
143. 143TheDevilCanDance

     This Neo Nazi piece of human turd is not afraid of ridicule, he hates “Mexican wetbacks” with a passion, but “Arpaio” is a name that comes from Italy, the sucker is a Latino himself

     
     
144. 144yvonneo

     Your analogy is utter nonsense. And it doesn't matter what YOU think constitutes “aggravating circumstances.” It's what the LAW DEFINES as “aggravating circumstances” that matters. Furthermore, it sounds to me like bobdevo has a better understanding of the immigration laws than you, so you really should stop accusing others of lying just because they don't agree with your opinion and embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.

     
     
145. 145twisted_colour

     I thought Obama was a socialist (eeek!) why would he support a right-wing dictator?

     You know who did support Mussolini (and the Nazis)? The Bush and Walker families. Hmmm…

     
     
146. 146MadTom

     You are the one headed for federal prison, Sheriff Joe.

     Such a sad, narcissistic sack of chit.

     
     
147. 147MadTom

     And you don't act as though you understand the significance of Mussolini.

     That says an AWFUL lot about you.

     
     
148. 148MadTom

     And you don't act as though you understand the significance of Mussolini.

     That says an AWFUL lot about you.

     
     
149. 149MadTom

     Wow, you are REALLY, EXACTLY the kind of person I would expect to support Arpaio.

     
     
150. 150MadTom

     AND the Arpaio family.

     
     
151. 151MadTom

     Who's your Rabbi?

     Ie, who sent you? Who are you speaking for? What is your agenda?

     
     
152. 152MadTom

     Geez, what a sheepdip.

     Arpaio's hacks are some of the dumbest, most illiterate hacks ever to troll here.

     
     
153. 153Elim

     A corporation, fined out of their profits? LOL!

     
     
154. 154Elim

     I never knew the slaves snuck here. I always believed they were kidnapped from their home countries and brought here in chains.

     
     
155. 155Elim

     What makes you think so? I know several legal resident and US born Hispanics who are supporting jobless illegal alien relatives. Not all come here to work.

     
     
156. 156George

     I havent seen his birth certificate, the real one.

     
     
157. 157jamminjohn

     So now that a federal judge has struck down some parts of the law, is the big bad sheriff going to arrest and jail anyone protesting the judges decision?

     
     
158. 158ricky63

     The kind of mass arrest Arpaio is proposing will make quite a sensational news image, help reinforce the protesters' message – and may lead to the downfall or Arpaio.

     At least, one can hope…

     
     
159. 159flowerguerrilla

     hey tony. i guess you don't know how many people the u.s. has displaced thru nafta. why can corporations cross borders for cheap labor land and resources, and after it's devastated, why can't people cross borders to work?

     
     
160. 160flowerguerrilla

     Why can corporations cross border for cheap labor, land and natural resources, but people, with lands and natural resources & economies now devastated, can't cross the border to try to make a life for their families?

     
     
161. 161Billy

     Why are there so many stories about racism in the news this summer?
     It's all neatly summarized here:
     http://talkingskull.com/article/summer-of-racism-in-united-states

     
     
162. 162wakeup32176

     It seems to me that being an illegal alien is about the only crime that is condoned in this nation. What other law can you break and still have public sentiment???????? What part of “ILLEGAL” don't folks understand? If a US citizen illegally crosses the border of another nation they are subject to the laws of that country and will pay a price. Why should citizens of Mexico and Canada get a free pass?

     
     
163. 1634chan ftp

     Not sure the point you're trying to make here. There's a difference between a LEGAL, naturalized citizen and an illegal citizen.

     Even if he has Latino roots it doesn't mean he should be sympathetic to them. I'm from Spain, moved here 5 years ago, and I'm not sympathetic to them. I think it's ridiculous what they are doing, they need to go through the process like everyone else. No free passes. Everyone who is protesting doesn't seem to understand that the law is the law, regardless of how they try and play it off, it's still illegal.

     
     
164. 164rachkien

     When is someone going to put this son of a bitch in his own jail? The jerk is a Nazi.

     
     
165. 165WilyArmadilla

     sorry to burst your little bubble of ignorance, but per the definition of 'civil disobedience' the entire purpose of the exercise is to refusal to obey government demands or commands and use nonresistance to consequent arrest and punishment.

     and if you're pushing the fallacy that illegal immigration is a 'civil wrong' as opposed to a criminal offense, perhaps you could explain to the class why the only ones authorized to bring an immigration case is the State. Civil cases can be brought by anyone…it's only CRIMINAL offenses that are reserved for state prosecution.

     and you pretending to speak as a police officer. For shame.

     
     
166. 166WilyArmadilla

     Obama's Justice Department, the ACLU, LaRAZA, and the rest of the abettors of illegal immigration are still contesting the AZ law that does just that. It's been in the courts since '07…

     
     
167. 167dnamj

     Don't people have to break a law first before they get arrested?

     
     
168. 168WilyArmadilla

     “…both repubs and dems have discovered that there is no easy solution to this problem”

     actually there *is* an 'easy solution'…all we need to do is ENFORCE THE DAMN LAW!!!!

     Unfortunately none of the politicians from either party have the intestinal fortitude to stand up and do it because people like you will whine that it's too expensive to hire border patrol, and keep criminal in jail, and feed them, etc etc etc. And that's after all those foreign governments clutch at their pearls and protest that their people are actually being deprived of their 'right' to commit crime! And then the ethnocentric special interests will go all postal and whip out the race card, calling anyone who believes in consequences to criminal behavior a racist, a xenophobe, a nazi, etc. It isn't that there is 'no easy solution”, it's that doing what's right isn't *easy*. Politicians are too pantywaisted to stand up to that kind of criticism…even if they're obviously in the right. ===

     “And I don't see how criminalizing illegal immigration is going to solve the problem…”

     illegal immigration is already a criminal offense. Illegal entry is called a 'criminal misdemeanor' for a reason. And the second time you're caught, it becomes a felony.

     As is hiring an illegal. We need to arrest every HR manager that does so. And it's already a criminal offense to transport or provide shelter for an illegal. We should arrest anyone living with an illegal. We should actually ENFORCE THE LAW.

     But we won't because there are too many people like you whining about the cost of living in a Rule of Law society.

     
     
169. 169Brotanamo_Gay

     Ron Burgundy: You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.

     
     
170. 170kenthomes

     We are the “illegal” ones, after we trumped up a fake war with Mexico and STOLE all of the western half of the United States. Stop the hate.

     
     
171. 171WilyArmadilla

     actually according to the Pew Hispanic Center hispanics make up 81% of all illegals. to be specific, Mexicans make up 57% with another 24% from other Latin American countries.

     Approximately 9 percent are from Asia, 6 percent from Europe *and* Canada, with the remaining 4 percent from the rest of the world. ===

     oh, and while you're thinking about crimes other than illegal entry, try not to forget about aiding and abetting human traffikers, identity theft, forgery, serial fraud (credit, banking, employment, document…etc) and criminal misrepresentation. Ancillary crimes associated with illegal immigration but largely ignored by the media and the defenders of illegal aliens.

     
     
172. 172kenthomes

     Uhhhhh! We stole most of the Western United States from Mexico….So me thinks, they have a right to be here more than most of us. If you were in their shoes – you would do the same. I lived In Los Angeles, and never met a pan handling Latino “illegal”. They were always working and being exploited, or trying to make a buck selling oranges by the freeway entrance. Have a little compassion for your fellow human beings. Don't fall for the divide and conquer strategy.

     
     
173. 173kenthomes

     Hey Tony – we are all ILLEGALS. Too bad the indians did not have an immigration policy. Also, we STOLE Arizona and most of the west from MEXICO.Comprende???

     
     
174. 174anozira

     I am Mexican American and live in Arizona and its crazy that we have to deal with racist white people like Arpaio and Brewer and all their followers… They hate to see Hispanics succeed when they see their own people on the sides of freeways begging for money… Hispanics don’t need white people, their money or their jobs… We are successful on our own… We love America, and have fought alongside with whites and blacks, as U.S. Marines and have proved our loyalty in battle… We will not fight against our own people to prove we are American!

     
     
175. 175anozira

     I live in Arizona and its crazy that we have to deal with racist white people like Arpaio and Brewer… They hate to see Hispanics succeed when they see their own people on the sides of freeways begging for money… Hispanics don’t need white people, their money or their jobs… We are successful on our own… We love America, and have fought alongside with whites and blacks, as U.S. Marines and have proved our loyalty in battle… We will not fight against our own people to prove we are American!

     
     
176. 176motorfingaz

     The Republican Crime Syndicate is using “racial” fears to generate votes for election day!

     
     
177. 177G.K.

     So your argument – No Mexican Americans beg at the side of the freeway and there are no White Mexican Americans? Who's the racist you dumb ass! As a 'white' American I love all people no matter where you or your descendants are from, I also like the U.S.A laws to be followed by all people.RIP the Arizona law enforcers killed by illegal Mexican Drug runners.

     
     
178. 178G.K.

     They can – But it must be done legally. There are visas available, but that would mean standing in line like the rest of the world and abiding by U.S. laws.

     
     
179. 179stumptownhero

     The law was written to include simple municipal violations like over watering your yard or having you trash can too far from the curb. In other words the police have unlimited opportunities to detain a person to determine their “status”.

     Now on the other side is the FACT that an AZ drivers license is PROOF of citizenship therefore only those individuals without a driver’s license have reason to fear more than a request to prove their “status”

     Unfortunately, there are tens of thousands of LEGAL AZ residents who do not drive and or are too young to drive for which this law would provide an opportunity for the police to detain them until they could “prove” their status.

     Mean while the drug and human smugglers who this bill’s supporters claim will be caught up in this state driven inquest will either be LEGAL residents with drivers licenses or have quality fake ID's and likely to conduct their business unabated.

     Lastly it is Sherriff Joe who is under Federal indictment for civil rights violations and therefore should be the LAST law enforcement official to be in charge of a policy that has high probability of creating a culture of racial profiling.

     
     
180. 180stumptownhero

     What other laws can you break and still have “some” public support? Oh let's see:

     Lie to the American public about the reasons to go to war and kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in the process.

     Or torture and KILL prisoners.

     Or conduct warrantless eaves dropping.

     Or structure financial investments where the GOAL was for them to fail and sell them to an unsuspecting public.

     Or hack election computers to flip election results.

     Or engage in manipulation of energy contracts causing the bankruptcy of major utility companies.

     Or engage in caging of voters and keeping tens of thousands form casting legal votes.

     Or conspire to intentionally withhold electrical production to drive up prices.

     Lastly, of the estimated 12 million undocumented workers in this country 5 million entered the country LEGALLY and over stayed their visas.
     .

     
     
181. 181stumptownhero

     To use your own words … Dumbass nearly all drug enforcement experts have said that this law with have ZERO effect on the drug smugglers. Social scientists have suggested that the law might INCREASE the number and severity of attacks on AZ law enforcement during traffic stops. Think about it “dumbass”. If you don't have papers and get pulled over under this law are you more or less likely to resort to violence to escape probable detention and deportation?

     
     
182. 182Ms. TF Hat

     Just what part of ILLEGAL do you not understand??? This law does not only apply to 'brown skinned people' it applies to EVERYONE. I know Canadians who were here illegally, and I can tell you for a fact that there are Eastern Europeans here illegally. The difference is that the Canadians and Eastern Europeans didn't/don't make a big stink and demand to be able to speak their language, get free medical care, food stamps, driver's license, and take jobs from LEGAL citizens of ALL colors (including your fellow LEGAL Hispanic brothers and sisters) while still getting all the free stuff.

     I live in Arizona too, and I believe that FEDERAL LAW should be applied equally and fairly. I carry my ID at all times, and I am a citizen; there is NOT ONE REASON the same shouldn't apply to people who are NOT citizens and who are here ILLEGALLY. Here's a link to the FEDERAL LAW http://www.unf.edu/dept/intlctr/International_S...

     My grandparents and my husband's grandparents emigrated here. We are the children of first generation citizens born here. Our grandparents did it legally, endured the waits, worked their tails off, learned the language, and didn't ask for handouts. They worked for their citizenship in every way possible, and they treated it as a badge of honor, not something that was owed to them. If you want to come here, do it legally or don't bother.

     
     
183. 183stumptownhero

     Do you know how long the “line” is for a legal residency, unless you are a computer programmer? Try 6 years on average and as high as 12 years for requests from certain countries.

     
     
184. 184stumptownhero

     Or Trigg Palin's either!

     
     
185. 185Ms. TF Hat

     I think Joe Arpaio is an @$$ but in this case I agree with him. In fact, I think he should check the ID's of everyone there. If you're stupid enough to raise your head up when you are illegally here, you deserve to get it cut off, metaphorically speaking.

     
     
186. 186stumptownhero

     Tell that to the boyz on Wall Street or “The dick” Cheney, Karl Rove, they could use a good laugh!

     
     
187. 187anozira

     Yeah i guess I am becoming racist against all you white trash and all you wanna be rich white people… We were here first and im glad those racist law enforcment officers were killed… Thats exactly what happened at the alamo, we kicked white a$$! What did you expect when you mess with natives?? You are the illegals and you should go home and we should deport you! We are free and peaceful, but dont push us to the edge and provoke us! You take and take until the land has no more to give… White people just use everyone for their own personal gain, I see it everyday “GK” Gringo Kracker!

     
     
188. 188stumptownhero

     If you were a GOP Socail Capitalist you would walk away from an upside down mortgage and let Fannie or Freddie suffer the consequences.

     
     
189. 189stumptownhero

     “The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money and more power.
     They claim to be superpatriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjugation”

     VP Henery Wallce

     
     
190. 190JasonA

     3 cheers for the Sheriff. It is about time somebody stands up to the aarogant ILLEGALS. Go back home!!!!!!

     
     
191. 191Big_Alpha1

     If those “our own people” are not here legally, then they're not your “own people”.

     If you're statement is true: “Hispanics don't need white people,” then why are they here illegally? What aren't they enjoying a more lucrative life style in Mexico, apparently where they came from?

     
     
192. 192JasonA

     Enough of using the silly “racisist” accusation. It is “racisit” to ignore the laws of a land which is NOT yours, then accuse it's citizens of being racist. What hypocrasy. Go HOME!

     
     
193. 193stumptownhero

     You are obviously white and have no experience with the abusive culture of today's American police. They will use this law to pull over ALL people of color legal or not. How many times a day do you think a person of color should be pulled over to check their papers?

     What if you were driving through AZ and got pulled over? Do you know that you would have to have extensive documentation to stay out of jail even if you WERE a legal resident? Is this the American you grew up in? Is this the American you want your children to grow up in?

     How about focusing on the CORPORATE criminals who are destroying our civic institutions and threaten our countries very survival!

     
     
194. 194JasonA

     Go home!!! You and your kind are not welcome in the USA!!

     
     
195. 195anozira

     With all due respect “Ms. TF Hat”, you came here because your own country is a piece of shit and your grandparents knew that! Your grandparents agreed to live with us natives in peace, now there is a shit load of you people on our land and now you want the natives out because you have labeled us as illegal? WOW! Typical back stabbing from you people!

     If you never would have come here, I WOULD STILL BE HERE, because I’m and native to North America and you HATE us for that! Europe, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America are already taken. Learn History, and realize that we see you as the foreigners…

     Let’s just have a Civil War and start from scratch again

     
     
196. 196drklassen

     Note: there was no way for them to emigrate *il*legally which means they didn't come here “legally” either. They just entered.

     
     
197. 197thelonegunman

     that's right… arrest protesters who are exercising the First Amendment rights… very nice from someone who swore an oath to safeguard the public and uphold the constitution

     
     
198. 198anozira

     What home asshole? We are home dumb fuck! OMG, its no wonder why the US government is falling apart… We have retarted people like Jason who believe Mexicans are Illegal on Capitol Hill… Its too funny, im enjoying your ignorance! You all can kiss my Mexican American brown stinky beaner wetback ass! Ha ha ha ha ha! wow!

     
     
199. 199chabuka

     You should go back home…you are the foreigner, (if you are white, European-American) the American Indians were on this continent first and that would also include the Inca, Aztec, Apache, etc., Indian descendants of Mexico…you are the arrogant land thief (and historically ignorant)

     
     
200. 200mr_fusion

     Not quite. Even Italians needed visas in the aftermath of WWII. They were relatively easy to get, but still needed.

     
     
201. 201mr_fusion

     Do you have any evidence of that? I don't like Joe either but save the smears for those who earn them. His parents aren't part of the discussion.

     
     
202. 202yahoo-RCGAPGN2A3TO5RJH3NYRRZ77RQ

     hahaha.

     
     
203. 203yahoo-RCGAPGN2A3TO5RJH3NYRRZ77RQ

     @thelonegunman really? if someone is standing in your house without your permission, then that person is breaking the law. and if i'm gonna stand on your front porch and say, “hey let that guy stand in your house all he wants, who cares if you don't want him in there.” then, i'm pretty sure you would be pretty angry. so stop trying to rebel. you cannot justify your argument.

     
     
204. 204liascos

     so, is not, the violation of our right to free speech also a violation of the constitution of the united states? Is this not, in itself a crime? can this criminal NOT, be incarcerated for something like “conspiracy to violate the constitution of the united states of america?”
     it would seem, at this point, that there are no more gray lines with these people, and they must be charged with the crimes they commit, to prevent others in the future who would prefer to live in a communist nation from attempting to subvert our great nations principals, to convert us into them! ARREST HIM!

     
     
205. 205Will McMurray

     You're an idiot. “Hispanics don't need white people,” then why are they here illegally?” What the hell is wrong with you. You do realize that white people aren't the ONLY ones here in the United States right? Now, I am a 27 year old, white, male born in the midwest living in Arizona. Personally I say, Illegals go home. However, I follow up with this, anyone who has taken the time and spent the effort that it takes to come into this country legally, and peacefully, then I welcome you to stay. You are more than likely a more productive member of our society than most WHITE PEOPLE.

     We live in this country. We were born here. We are citizens, we have every right to be pissed about people who come here illegally, take our jobs, use our healthcare for free under a fake name, and effectively raise our taxes and other living costs. However, the key word in that statment is ILLEGALLY. Jesus people, get off your THATS RACIST high horse. This has nothing to do with race. This has to do with money, and I'm sick of spending my tax dollars to care for Juan Illegal and his family of 13 other illegals to stay here and cost me more money. Juan, go get a green card, come here legally, work, make your money and be like the rest of us.

     Thank you

     Good night.

     
     
206. 2064chan ftp

     Countries lost land every day back in that time. Most people didn't care too much, they accepted it as they weren't strong enough to defend it so they lost it. Mexicans seem to be the only ones who still think they are entitled to land they couldn't defend. To be honest I think they need to help out on their side of the border before coming over here, they have enough issues to fix and it's not going to get better with them hopping the border and complaining it's terrible here and they we treat them wrong.

     If it's that bad, go back to your corrupted country and see where you'll get more rights and live longer.

     Also I have no idea where you lived in LA but I see them everyday on my way to work. They're everywhere.

     
     
207. 207Ms. TF Hat

     I am white, but believe me I'm not rich white. I have had dealings with the cops, and they have never been positive. My son spent time in jail for NOT HAVING ID. He was in a car that was pulled over, he was not driving.

     What part of ILLEGAL do you not understand?

     
     
208. 208Ms. TF Hat

     Um…you'd better learn your own history.

     In fact, I'm NOT foreign. I was born here, same as you. I'm a NATIVE AMERICAN.

     My grandparents did come here for a better life. But the key here is they did LEGALLY.

     
     
209. 209Ms. TF Hat

     “Help, Help, I'm being repressed! Did you see it? Did you see it? Can't you see the violence inherent in the system??”

     
     
210. 210John Moore

     I hope that Jan Brewer gets her wish…all undocumented Latinos leave Arizona and take their work ethic, many talents and high moral character to a place like Texas (I welcome you with open arms) where these qualities are valued. Then in support of the brotherhood, the documented Latinos should leave too. And finally…, all folks who enjoyed their friendships with their hispanic brothers should also leave.What remains would be the largest informal chapter of the KKK in the United States. Now, with all this extra room I would move Israel to Arizona. Palistine would be free, the Zionists would now be in the same country they control anyway and Russell Pierce, Jan Brewer, and Sheriff Joe could carry on with their hate fest beyond their wildest dreams.

     
     
211. 211flowerguerrilla

     There's a human rights issue involved; plus people need help now! “Free Trade” is not Fair!
     Did you know Nigeria has an oil spill the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez EVERY YEAR? “Free Trade”

     I appreciate your faithful adherence to a 'rule of law' theme, but have you ever heard the quote:
     Never forget everything Hitler did was legal?

     Or, when Fascism comes to America, it will be waving a flag and carrying a cross?
     Americans need to check their consciences.

     
     
212. 212yahoo-CKNA6QOTEUH22SXQTJWMTI42KU

     You, sir, are an idiot. You seem to think that since the law is target at illegals in AZ that it directly translates to a law against latinos in general. That is very poor logic. We are all governed under this new law. All you would have to do is show a valid DL/State ID or a greencard/passport.

     Honestly why is there such a big deal being made out of this? In EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD there is a law correlating to this on the books. Stop trying to give illegal aliens (no matter their country of origin, it doesn't matter) civil rights, those go only to CITIZENS. They still have human rights and should not be treated ill in any way, but they broke the law, if you are not willing to throw them in jail/deport them then what right do the police have to arrest legal citizens? The law is supposed to be all or nothing, spread evenly over all peoples. This isn't about race, it is LAW.

     
     
213. 213Ezequiel

     Dude, I'm as brown as they come and the only time I ever got hassled by police was when I was speeding. If you're not doing anything wrong than quit yer bitchin! Quit making such a big deal about it. You have to have a drivers license to drive don't you? So what's the big deal about carrying around a green card with it? I'm sure a wallet has enough room for two pieces of paper! Get over it, I'm sick and tired of ILLEGAL immigrants creating so many problems (And those who employ them)

     
     
214. 214Richard Cleary

     Sheriff, you jail me for lawfully expressing my first amendment rights, and I'll sue you personally when I get out. That is, if your flying monkey goons don't kill me first.

     
     
215. 215Richard Cleary

     I am glad thinking people get it.

     
     
216. 216Richard Cleary

     I can justify his argument. Standing on a PUBLICALLY FUNDED sidewalk in full compliance with local laws and the Constitution, you are allowed to exercise your freedom of speech and freedom of assembly per the First Amendment.. Not quite the same as your hypothetical situation. A house is private property, not public property. If you enter the house without permission, that is tresspassing, and the house's owner can defend his private property. You do not need permission to be on public property, and as long as you are acting within the confines of the law, law enforcement cannot legally harrass you or otherwise detain you.

     Please read the Constitution, especially the First Amendment.

     
     
217. 217Richard Cleary

     We should all go home then, using that line of reasoning.

     Almost all of our ancestors were immigrants.

     The illegal's ancestors were most likely here before ours were.

     And the U.S. and Spain “appropriated” and stole most of the southwest, which actually belongs to the indigineous people who lived there long before we stole it from them.

     So maybe if we all “go home” all this will go away.

     
     
218. 218Richard Cleary

     Not only are you white (so am I) but you are extremely anal-retentive.

     
     
219. 219Richard Cleary

     They carded everyone in Nazi Germany. Did that make it right?

     
     
220. 220Richard Cleary

     I wish we didn't have to fight at all.

     
     
221. 221Richard Cleary

     Get your head out of your ass and THINK!

     
     
222. 222Richard Cleary

     “They” don't want SPECIAL treatment. “They” just want DECENT treatment. Sheesh!

     
     
223. 223Richard Cleary

     “They don't want SPECIAL treatment. “They” want DECENT treatment.

     
     
224. 224Richard Cleary

     Asshat.

     
     
225. 225Richard Cleary

     You have some serious issues. They aren't bitter. You are.

     I'm white. Put that all behind you and keep your (figurative) hands to yourself. Try getting along.

     
     
226. 226Richard Cleary

     Let's all stop arguing and try to live together. Anger won't solve anything. And neither will segregation.

     And I am a Polock, the worldwide butt of many jokes. So I should know.

     
     
227. 227Richard Cleary

     Neither are you, you racist douchebag.

     
     
228. 228Richard Cleary

     Supposedly so. At least that's how it used to be in the USA back in the day until people decided to interpret the Constitution without benefit of the legal community:)

     
     
229. 229Richard Cleary

     How about not reporting all of your income for tax purposes or smoking pot or driving while intoxicated? Those are all illegal, but our society looks the other way most of the time.

     
     
230. 230Richard Cleary

     Sorry, posted in the wrong place.

     
     
231. 231Richard Cleary

     LMAO.

     
     
232. 232Richard Cleary

     I'm betting on his downfall. Ignorant, arrogant people are not known for their rational decisions.

     
     
233. 233Richard Cleary

     Oops, wrong place again. Got to stop blogging at 2 am.

     
     
234. 234Richard Cleary

     I'm betting on his downfall. Ignorant, arrogant people are not known for their rational decisions.

     
     
235. 235Richard Cleary

     I have it. Gonna sell it to Breitbart.

     
     
236. 236Richard Cleary

     You say it so well.

     
     
237. 237Richard Cleary

     I don't think he can hear or read, otherwise he would be aware of the Constitution and the First Amendment.

     
     
238. 238Richard Cleary

     It's not the protestors or the illegals who are ignorant…

     
     
239. 239anozira

     wow, i couldnt have said it better, thats awesome! us latinos LOVE good white people! we have always been loyal to that goodness

     God Bless you!

     
     
240. 240Orion

     Wow, did you even read the story or listen to the clip? He said that if they TRY TO BLOCK THE JAIL he will arrest them. How would this infringe on their 1st amendment right?

     Everyone has the right to peaceably assemble and exercise free speech; however, if they BLOCKED THE JAIL they would be impeding a law enforcement officer from conducting official duties. Therefore, the assembly would be automatically deemed UNLAWFUL.

     What is it with illegals having no regard for the law? Maybe that's why Mexico is such a back asswards country.

     Anyone see the recent news story about the prison officials in Gomez Palacio, Durango Mexico that let a group of inmates out for the day to at as drug hit men? Google it if you haven't. That's how much they regard the law south of the border.

     Its time for all illegals in America to GTFO!

     
     
241. 241Orion

     Seems like you missed something here. Let me explain it to you:

     Everyone has the right to peaceably assemble and exercise free speech under the 1st amendment; however, if they BLOCKED THE JAIL they would be impeding a law enforcement officer from conducting official duties. Therefore, the assembly would be automatically deemed UNLAWFUL. Where in the constitution does it say the people have a right to shut down a function of government in protest?

     
     
242. 242Orion

     Wow, another person who missed the point entirely? Stupidity must be contagious. Let me explain it to you:

     Everyone has the right to peaceably assemble and exercise free speech under the 1st amendment; however, if they BLOCKED THE JAIL they would be impeding a law enforcement officer from conducting official duties. Therefore, the assembly would be automatically deemed UNLAWFUL. Where in the constitution does it say the people have a right to shut down a function of government in protest?

     
     
243. 243Orion

     @Richard Cleary
     The Sheriff said they would be arrested if they BLOCKED THE JAIL. That statement negates your whole argument. Where is there a provision in the constitution that says people have the right to shut down a function of government in protest?

     Why are you being willfully ignorant of the facts? Why are you intentionally trying to mislead people?

     Here's a piece of advise: know when to hold them and know when to fold them. You can't justify your fight this time.

     
     
244. 244Orion

     So, the first population that inhabits a new area gets to keep it forever? Ha ha. Sorry bud, that's just not the way biology works. Let me explain it to you:

     Humans are just like any other animal. The populations that use their available resources most efficiently and effectively will thrive. The populations that don't will decline.

     I know it may not sound fair, but I didn't make the rules. Maybe you should protest to mother nature about that.

     
     
245. 245Rio Lma

     How far back into history do we have to go to satisfy you? We could go all the way back to the era in time in which man first crossed the land bridge the new continent, was that man “native” enough? If so only his progeny would be able to claim the “land” for their own. Or we could go farther back to his ancestors that resided in Eurasia…

     The history of every country is dictated by its conquerors. Just because you don't agree with what they have done doesn't mean it changes anything. “Borders” might be a more modern invention than what primitive man might have had but even they had “territories”. The fact of the matter is that borders exist, and it doesn't matter which side you're on you still have to follow the rules. That is equality.

     
     
246. 246Big_Alpha1

     And you're a total fucking idiot! Did you fucking read what I wrote, pinhead? You wrote and said basically every fucking thing I wrote. Maybe you have a problem with comprehension, or maybe you just like sounding off, or just being a fuckwad!

     
     
247. 247Rogue Arizona sheriff refuses to comply with Feds | Evans Politics

     [...] July, the Maricopa County Sheriff said that if protesters want to block his jail over the new law, he’d put them in it.Arpaio told Good Morning America that he didn’t understand what the “hype” was [...]

     
     
248. 248Merrill Hinkel

     I feel that is a fantastic summary.

     
     

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