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"Shoot first, ask questions later."

That was the motto of the Texas Rangers, the once volunteer paramilitary force that helped maintain order in the 1800s through a very loose interpretation of the law. They were responsible for the mass murder of Mexicans and native Tejanos, victims of racial profiling who were served "justice" without due process.

This is how Anglo Texans were able to settle and cede so much Texas land so quickly in the early days of the republic. Remember James Dean's protests in Giant?

Iconized by the Lone Ranger, John Wayne, and more recently, Walker, Texas Ranger; we equate Texas Rangers with heroic and patriotic duty, not genocide.

But there are new Rangers in town, this time in Arizona, and the target of this new proto-police force is the same - Mexicans and anyone who fits the profile. They are Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Immigration Posse, a legal version of the Minutemen, also a volunteer force with the same agenda: put an end to undocumented immigration.

During President Barack Obama's inaugural address, he again called for immigration reform. A bipartisan group of senators called the "Gang of Eight", including Arizona Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake, are charged with coming up with a comprehensive plan.

Democrats are urging for one that includes a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants while McCain and Flake have made public pronouncements that their chief concern is to step up border security.

Democrats and Republicans may not be able to strike a deal until governors of the border states agree there is enough security. The Obama administration already has reinforced border security. There are more US Border Patrol agents today than at any time in recent history.
Arizona immigration law:
Patty Culhane reports from Washington

But for Arizona figures like Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa Country, the self-described "toughest sheriff" in America, it will never be enough.

Arpaio started his immigration posse in 1993 to patrol mall parking lots during the holiday season when he said there was a spike in thefts. The posse soon graduated to immigration raids. Now Arpaio, in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, is organising his posse to patrol the schools.

This came after the National Rifle Association called for the placement of armed guards in public schools.

Arpaio will bring his brand of fear and suspicion to include anyone hanging around schools. This includes parents of every stripe waiting for their children in their cars.

They are after moms and dads and anyone "suspicious" hanging around a school, bringing yet another front to the war along the border. Now anyone is potentially suspicious, subject to profiling, and the violation of their civil liberties.

Arpaio and his posse already have a bad reputation for racial profiling, discriminatory practices, and unconstitutional searches and seizures. The sheriff has been sued by the US Justice Department for his methods.

This is just some of the collateral damage of using violence to secure the border.

The immigration posse is not paid but is insured by the state. This means that Arizonians will foot the bill for any mistake these untrained or barely trained armed guards make.

The parallels to the Minutemen, the Texas Rangers, and the immigration posse is not just forgotten, they are ignored. This is, after all, the state that bans a review of the very history that would help its citizenry recall the linkage between the Texas Rangers and the immigration posse. The vital history of the settlement of the state within the Southwest and the role of Native and Mexican-origin populations is exactly what is being outlawed as "ethnic studies".

The entire operation of border security - surveillance, apprehension, and deportation - overwhelms the legal system and costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. And a free-floating security detail does not remedy the problem of gun violence and lax gun laws.

When violence occurs, we want immediate responses. We might be willing to overlook small details like due process or civil liberties. Faced with a threat, some would rather shoot first and ask questions later.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201323141925688461.html
 
I think this is true....I hope so.....


But for Arizona figures like Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa Country, the self-described "toughest sheriff" in America, it will never be enough.

Arpaio started his immigration posse in 1993 to patrol mall parking lots during the holiday season when he said there was a spike in thefts. The posse soon graduated to immigration raids. Now Arpaio, in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, is organising his posse to patrol the schools.

This came after the National Rifle Association called for the placement of armed guards in public schools.
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The sheriff could run for President.....he at least takes his oath to enforce the law seriously.....I hope hes not a Democrat....
 
I think this is true....I hope so.....


But for Arizona figures like Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa Country, the self-described "toughest sheriff" in America, it will never be enough.

Arpaio started his immigration posse in 1993 to patrol mall parking lots during the holiday season when he said there was a spike in thefts. The posse soon graduated to immigration raids. Now Arpaio, in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, is organising his posse to patrol the schools.

This came after the National Rifle Association called for the placement of armed guards in public schools.
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The sheriff could run for President.....he at least takes his oath to enforce the law seriously.....I hope hes not a Democrat....
 
"...it's obvious to the private prison industry that when these illegals were arrested they would have to be housed somewhere. It was the perfect opportunity to profit from a newly defined crime, so companies like Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) and GEO Group decided to focus on states with the harshest laws. For the last ten years and leading up to the current immigration dilemma, CCA and GEO have doubled their annual revenues.

The idea is to buy up state prisons or open up new ones when expansion is justified. There’s something called the Corrections Investment Initiative between the companies and the states that requires a guarantee of 90 percent occupancy rate over the term of the contract, according to the Huff Post. Which means the states must come up with prisoners from somewhere and what better way to do this than to go after the undocumented immigrants.

The most famous purveyor of this required supply of inmates is Arizona’s Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County, billed as the toughest sheriff in the U.S. His counterpart in the state is Paul Babeu, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. Both are carrying their own baggage with Arpaio about to be indicted by the feds for abusing his power as a law-enforcement official, and Babeu, who was outed as gay, and accused of threatening to deport his former lover. Only in Arizona.

Arizona’s sham Gov. Jan Brewer was caught with her hand in the private prison dole when she accepted campaign contributions of $60,000 from CCA. Her campaign chairman and policy adviser, Chuck Coughlin, is a lobbyist for the largest private prison company in the country, and one of two people in the Brewer administration with ties to Corrections Corporation of America."
http://www.examiner.com/article/private-prisons-another-example-of-big-business-exploiting-states

As with everything Republicon there's money to be made from manipulating laws and society. But hey, Republicon voters respect someone who can steal millions from their state and then smile into the camera like they're as pure as new snow.
 
Crashk said:
"...it's obvious to the private prison industry that when these illegals were arrested they would have to be housed somewhere. It was the perfect opportunity to profit from a newly defined crime, so companies like Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) and GEO Group decided to focus on states with the harshest laws. For the last ten years and leading up to the current immigration dilemma, CCA and GEO have doubled their annual revenues.

The idea is to buy up state prisons or open up new ones when expansion is justified. There’s something called the Corrections Investment Initiative between the companies and the states that requires a guarantee of 90 percent occupancy rate over the term of the contract, according to the Huff Post. Which means the states must come up with prisoners from somewhere and what better way to do this than to go after the undocumented immigrants.

The most famous purveyor of this required supply of inmates is Arizona’s Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County, billed as the toughest sheriff in the U.S. His counterpart in the state is Paul Babeu, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. Both are carrying their own baggage with Arpaio about to be indicted by the feds for abusing his power as a law-enforcement official, and Babeu, who was outed as gay, and accused of threatening to deport his former lover. Only in Arizona.

Arizona’s sham Gov. Jan Brewer was caught with her hand in the private prison dole when she accepted campaign contributions of $60,000 from CCA. Her campaign chairman and policy adviser, Chuck Coughlin, is a lobbyist for the largest private prison company in the country, and one of two people in the Brewer administration with ties to Corrections Corporation of America."
http://www.examiner.com/article/private-prisons-another-example-of-big-business-exploiting-states

As with everything Republicon there's money to be made from manipulating laws and society. But hey, Republicon voters respect someone who can steal millions from their state and then smile into the camera like they're as pure as new snow.
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Get educated fool

1911

8 U.S.C. § 1325—Unlawful Entry, Failure to Depart, Fleeing Immigration Checkpoints, Marriage Fraud, Commercial Enterprise Fraud
Section 1325 sets forth criminal offenses relating to (1) improper entry into the United States by an alien, (2) entry into marriage for the purpose of evading immigration laws, and (3) establishing a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading immigration laws. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) amended 8 U.S.C. § 1325 to provide that an alien apprehended while entering or attempting to enter the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty.

8 USC § 1325 - Improper entry by alien

Current through Pub. L. 112-238. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who
(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or
(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or
(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
 
NOVA said:


Get educated fool

1911

8 U.S.C. § 1325—Unlawful Entry, Failure to Depart, Fleeing Immigration Checkpoints, Marriage Fraud, Commercial Enterprise Fraud
Section 1325 sets forth criminal offenses relating to (1) improper entry into the United States by an alien, (2) entry into marriage for the purpose of evading immigration laws, and (3) establishing a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading immigration laws. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) amended 8 U.S.C. § 1325 to provide that an alien apprehended while entering or attempting to enter the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty.

8 USC § 1325 - Improper entry by alien

Current through Pub. L. 112-238. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who
(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or
(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or
(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
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We all know we have laws against illegal immigration, you've missed the point...again.

Using these laws and creating new ones like SB1070 to fill for-profit jails is a bigger crime than your stupidity.
 
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