Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been doing aggressive crackdowns on illegal immigration for years. And despite Wednesday’s ruling by a federal judge to temporarily block portions of Arizona’s new law, the former federal drug agent will continue to carry out sweeps in the country’s busiest human and drug trafficking corridor.
Arpaio’s tactics have made...
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A House ethics panel on Thursday unveiled 13 allegations of misconduct against longtime Rep. Charles Rangel, then began meeting on Rangel’s fate — giving little indication whether a plea deal was at hand or Rangel was headed to trial.
“We’re going home and so should you,” Rep. GK Butterfield, D-N.C., told reporters after the panel...
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Robert VerBruggen
According to an internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo going the rounds of Capitol Hill and obtained by National Review, the agency is considering ways in which it could enact “meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action” — that is, without the consent of the American people through a vote in Congress.
“This memorandum...
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By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
Judicial activism is pushing America to the breaking point. This week, a federal judge blocked key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law, thwarting the will of the people. The decision was ominous and will reverberate for years to come.
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The latest version of the CLEAR Act is slated for a floor vote in the House this week as Democrats look for ways to use the Gulf oil spill as a means to pass elements of their unpopular energy agenda.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stripped out authorization for an independent investigation into the Gulf...
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The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
The administration wants to add just four words — “electronic communication transactional records”...
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Gil Guignat
In her best valley girl importance, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton makes up the law and ignores all the case law to support SB 1070. When you read her ruling it reminds us of something an air headed valley girl would say.
It would go as follows.
“ OK. Like there is so much case...
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The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a press release supporting an NAACP resolution asking the Tea Party movement to “condemn racism within its ranks.” According to the release:
WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today offered support for an NAACP resolution passed...
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— Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge’s order blocking most of the state’s immigration law as the city of Phoenix filled with protesters, including 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton’s Wednesday’s decision halting the law “a...
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Major News is, as usual, painting an abstract picture of Arizona’s SB 1070 law against illegal aliens. This is the complete ruling made by United States Federal District Court Judge Susan R Bolton.
American citizens, especially in Arizona, are a bit let down with the Federal Judge’s ruling today. TV news is shaking...
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