No national ID

Some concerns have been raised about SB1070 that are not valid. Let me explain. It does not allow for federal or local government or law enforcement to pull up to a corner and ask for papers. Law enforcement must have lawful contact and then only then after an officer has reasonable suspicion they may ask and in fact should ask. No more handcuffing our officers and restricting them from asking when they believe you are in violation of our immigration laws, just like any other crime. This bill "prohibits" racial profiling. This bill requires lawful contact and then an officer must have reasonable suspicion. This bill does "NOT" give the feds any authority at all. I have two legal opinions making that clear. It amazes me that some can still argue such silly things after reading the bill. And on the racial profiling issue, it is already illegal under Arizona Contitution and the U.S. Constitution, and how demeaning to law enforcement to think that they cannot be trusted to ask questions about one’s immigration status, yet we put guns on them and expect them to make life and death decisions.

One is always very disappointed one any abuses power, but we have checks and balances in the syetem to investigate all complaints.

I am a states rights guy and am rated every year by the Goldwater Institute as the top legislator in defense of your liberty and limited government.

I sponsored the legislation to keep Arizona out of the Real ID Act and to prevent Arizona from participation in any National ID program, period. It is current law. STATES HAVE INHERENT AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW:

Sanctuary policies are illegal. Local, state, or federal government agencies that sanction or retaliate against employees or officials who report immigration law violations to ICE or the Border Patrol can be sued by the whistleblower under 8 U.S.C. 1373 or 8 U.S.C. 1644 for damages and costs.

"All officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws shall have authority to make arrests for a violation of any provision of this section" (affirmed US v Perez-Gonzalez 2002 Fed App 0360, 6th Circ.).

Congress has firmly established that there is a significant public interest in the effective enforcement of immigration law. Congress could have chosen to limit local enforcement pursuant to its plenary power over immigration, but it has not done so. In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United ‘States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. "The statutory law of the United States is part of the law of each state just as if it were written into state statutory law." States do not need a 287g, IGA, MOU or a permission slip to arrest illegal aliens. The 287g goes beyound the arrest powers as states already have inherent authority to make arrests, 287g is for post arrest, not anything to do with authority!!!!

In Sections 1324 the language that referred to officers "of the United States" when talking about authority to arrest was stricken from section 1324 by amendment. In People v. Baraja, a California court concluded, "that change can only mean that the scope of the arrest power under section 1324 was enlarged; in no way can it mean that the scope of arrest under the other two sections was restricted. Such an acute non sequitur would attribute to the Congress both serious inconsistency and profound lack of logic."

In 1999 a decision in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the independent authority of local police departments to enforce federal immigration law, as long as state law prescribing police power of arrest authorized such an arrest. The U.S. Dept. of Justice endorsed this doctrine in April 2002. Under Attorney General Ashcroft, the U.S. Dept. of Justice took the position that state and local police have inherent authority to enforce civil immigration laws.

The inherent arrest authority of states arises from their pre-constitutional status as sovereign entities. The powers retained by the states at the time of ratification proceeded "not from the people of the United States, but from the people of the several states," and remain unchanged, except as they have been "abridged" by the Constitution. The authority of a state to arrest for violations of federal law is thus not delegated; but "inheres in the ability of one sovereign to accommodate the interests of another sovereign." This federalism-based analysis has a strong judicial pedigree.

The courts also ruled (Miller v. U.S., 357 U.S. 301, 305(1958) that a warrant less arrest "of an arrest for violation of federal law by state peace officers, …the lawfulness of the arrest without warrant is to be determined by reference to state law."

Citizens have a constitutional right to expect the protection of federal laws which prohibit unauthorized activities by non-citizens are denied equal protection when a police department or magistrate acts in a manner that encourages or assists persons selected on the basis of nationality or alienage to engage in such unlawful activities.

Illegal aliens are not a suspect class entitled to Fourteenth Amendment based strict scrutiny of any discriminatory classification based on that status, nor are they defined by an immutable characteristic, since their status is the product of conscious unlawful action.

SB1070 is the most comprehensive enforcement bill in the nation, it will remove all "illegal" sanctuary policies that exist in many of our cities, and it will allow law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws as intended. I guarantee this will save American jobs, reduce the cost of government, improve neighborhood safety, improve congestion, move toward smaller classrooms, shorter lines in emergency rooms, reduce rapes and molestations and reduce the number of deaths and maimings of our citizens and more.

Please note that Phoenix has had a more than 50% reduction in homicides this year over last, after we passed employer sanctions and other illegal alien legislation, and our illegal alien population has decreased by twice the national average in the past two years. SB1070 will add a "trespass" provision to law enforcement giving them the ability to hold an illegal alien under state law if need be or to just call ICE and turn them over to ICE. This provision will allow our law enforcement folks to complete investigations on a suspect and not allow them to be deported before the investigation can be completed. It also goes after illegal employers and illegal aliens soliciting work and provides for law enforcement to more easily enforce public safety issues on busy streets.

I have asked for additional legal opinions and have been assured by several competent independent Constitutional attorneys, legislative council attorneys and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office that my interpretation is correct. However, I want to be very clear and will add language to eliminate those concerns as best as I can.

We have already passed legislation to prohibit the State of Arizona from participation in any kind of National ID or Real ID Act. It is the law today and will remain the law. This bill did not and does not change that. Having said that, I put language in the bill that enhances the clarity on these issues of concern and make it very clear that nothing in this bill will allow Arizona to be a part of any national ID program. I have had Legislative Council and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office examine this legislation and both have assured me it does allow for any kind of National ID or expand ID requirements in any way.

Under federal law, emergency responders and emergency rooms are exempt under EMTALA, a federal law requiring us to transport and treat everyone including illegal aliens, in case of emergencies. I made some minor changes to the first responders so that those good Samaritans transporting illegal aliens (little old ladies taking someone to church) are not in jeopardy in any way. They are not now under this bill, because they must be committing an additional criminal offense to the state law and in the furtherance of an illegal alien remaining in the U.S. to be so charged, but I will make it even clearer in the new language.




ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MEMO (legal opinion)

A.R.S. section 11-1051, subsections B through E essentially empowers state agencies and employees with law enforcement authority to determine the status of illegal aliens, transfer aliens already determined to exist in the United States illegally to federal custody and arrest anyone believed to have engaged in an offense warranting legal removal from the United States. The bill section does not grant authority, either explicitly or implicitly, to detain a person indefinitely.

A.R.S. section 11-1051 states well established legal concept in the context of immigration enforcement; however, there are a few points worth noting. Subsection B allows a law enforcement entity, where reasonable suspicion exists, to presumably detain a suspected illegal alien for the purpose of determining immigration status. This is simply a restatement of the federal law already in place. See Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 (1979); see also Ramirez v. Webb, 719 F.Supp. 610, 616 (W.D. Mich. 1989) (holding that law enforcement authorities "may detain an individual for a brief period of interrogation here the circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is engaged in illegal activity. In this case, the relevant illegal activity is that the individual is illegally present in this country."). There is nothing in this subsection that would permit a law enforcement entity to go beyond this allowance and indefinitely detain someone.

Subsection E provides that a law enforcement officer "may arrest a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed any public offense that makes the person removable from the United States." Again, as with subsection B, this is simply a restatement of the established constitutional protections and does not go so far as to permit indefinite detention. See Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318, 354 (2001) (holding that "[i]f an officer has probable cause to believe that an individual has committed even a very minor criminal offense in his presence, he may, without violating the Fourth Amendment, arrest the offender.").

Subsection C requires the immediate transfer of an illegal alien to federal custody once state sanctions expire. Subsection D allows a law enforcement agency to transport an illegal alien in the agency's custody to a federal facility at other points in the process.

Neither subsection authorizes indefinite detention.

The other issue presented in this memorandum focuses on whether A.R.S. section 11-1051 functionally implements the REAL ID Act of 2005 ("RIDA"). The bill would not implement RIDA. RIDA states that "a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State to any person unless the State is meeting the requirements of this section." Further, RIDA states that the Secretary of Homeland Security "may make grants to a State to assist the State in conforming to the minimum standards set forth in this title." Other than allowing the Secretary to make grants to assist states in conforming to the minimum standards, it is an all or nothing policy: a state either conforms or it is in violation of the Act.

The fact that A.R.S. section 11-1051 allows for the sending, receiving, maintaining or exchanging of immigration status information with any federal, state or local agency does not in any way invoke the application of RIDA in Arizona. Arizona, If a law enforcement entity did detain a person indefinitely, it would violate federal and constitutional law. There is nothing in A.R.S. section 11-1051 that attempts to override these federally mandated procedural protections.

Pursuant to federal and state law currently in place, could easy exchange information with any federal entity and maintain its "sovereignty" with regard to RIDA.

Finally, A.R.S. section 11-1051 narrowly restricts when a public agent can access status related information. Subsection F states four limiting "official purposes." If a public agent or bureaucrat cannot demonstrate that he accessed a person's information pursuant to subsections F's official purposes, that agent would not find asylum in section 11-1051. This subsection is apparently causing some people confusion, because they are reading the paragraphs as a new requirement for governmental entities to seek information. SB 1070 does not create new mandates to seek information. These paragraphs must be read with the whole subsection. They limit the purposes for which immigration status information may be exchanged.

CONCLUSIONS

A.R.S. section 11-1051 does not allow for the indefinite detention of an individual. A.R.S. section 11-1051 is not a de facto implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. A.R.S. section 11-1051 limits access to information to four narrowly constructed official purposes.

I am State Senator Russell Pearce the author of SB1070.

We must stay vigilant in the defense of our Constitutional liberties, freedom and the rule of law.

• 2010: SB1070 ... I was the author of "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act" Removes all Sanctuary Policies in Arizona and allows law enforcement to enforce our laws. "We are a nation of laws. We must have the courage - the fortitude - to enforce, with compassion but without apology, those laws that protect the integrity of our borders and the rights of our lawful citizens." - Senator Russell Pearce
• 2010: SB1108 ... Arizona's Freedom to Carry Act: The strongest 2nd Amendment legislation in the nation allowing lawful citizens their Constitutional right to carry open or concealed. Still allows for a CCW as it has benefit to many i.e. for restaurant carry or reciprocity with other states
• Helped create a statewide task force GIITEM (Gang and Immigration Task Force), 250 officers, going after human smugglers, drug smugglers, drop houses, and criminal aliens in addition to enforcing all of our immigration laws
• 1996 wrote legislation to stop Driver License from being issued until one could prove legal presence in the U.S.
• 2004: Proposition 200, in ’04; I wrote The Citizen’s Initiative known as Protect Arizona NOW (Arizona's Citizens and Taxpayers Protection Act), to require:

1. Proof of citizenship to register to vote. The only state in the Union to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Requires states to strengthen the integrity of their voter rolls

2. Photo I.D. When voting. One needs ID to rent a block buster movie, you should have one to vote

3. Proof of eligibility to receive non-federal mandated public benefits. Requires everyone to provide proof of eligibility equally. Such costs vary in the tens of millions of dollars

• In ’06 I Authored Proposition 100, a Constitutional Amendment to refuse bond to any illegal alien who commits a serious crime in Arizona (passed by 78%)
• In ’06 I Authored Proposition 102 to require that any illegal alien who sues an American Citizen cannot receive ANY punitive damages (passed by 75%)
• In ’06 I Authored Prop. 103 making English the Official Language of Arizona (passed by 72%)
• 2007: I Authored: Arizona’s Fair and Legal Employment Act; Arizona’s Employer Sanctions legislation, the toughest worksite enforcement bill in the nation to stop illegal employers and to protect jobs for legal citizens of Arizona

Why do our elected leaders so easily relinquish liberty and have such little respect for the Constitution and the law?

Arizona is ground zero for stopping this “illegal” invasion. Yes they are illegal and they are invading this nation. Illegal is not a race, it is a crime. The media would have you believe I made “illegal, illegal”. Arizona did not make illegal, illegal, illegal was already illegal. It is a crime to enter or remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law 8USC 1324 and 1325. States have inherent authority to enforce immigration laws and yet has failed or refused to do so. Sanctuary policies are illegal under federal law (8 USC 1644 & 1373) yet we have them all over the United States.

SB1070 simply codifies federal law into state law and removes excuses and concerns about states inherent authority to enforce these laws and removes all so called “sanctuary” policies.

I for one refuse to apologize for standing up for America and the rule of law.

When do we stand up for Americans and the rule of law, if not now, when? We are a nation of laws, a Constitutional Republic.

Well here in Arizona we are going to enforce our laws, protect our citizens and stand firmly behind the rule of law.

DID YOU KNOW: Had law enforcement enforced our immigration laws and, we would have averted 9/11. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 underscored for all Americans the link between immigration law enforcement and Terrorism. 4 of the 5 leaders of the 9-11 attack were in violation of our immigration laws and had contact with law enforcement but were not arrested.

Nineteen alien terrorists had been able violate our immigration laws, overstay their visas or violate their Immigration statuses with impunity, and move freely within the Country without significant interference from federal or local law Enforcement. The abuse of U.S. Immigration laws was Instrumental in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.

How long do we ignore the damage to America, in murders, maimings, kidnappings, car jackings, gangs, Identity theft, $2.7 billion annually here in Arizona just to Educate, Medicate and Incarcerate illegal aliens. And what about the 17 to 30 million Americans out of work … and we still allow employers to higher “illegal” workers.

THIS IS THE TRUE COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Here is the true cost of illegal immigration, the death and maiming of police officers and citizens in Arizona by illegal aliens

1. Rob Krentz a Rancher on the Arizona border (murdered)

2. Phoenix Officer Shane Figueroa (killed)

3. Phoenix Officer Nick Erfle (Murdered)

4. Phoenix Office Glidewell (shot in chest)

5. Phoenix Officer Marc Atkinson (murdered)

6. Phoenix Police Officer Ignacio Conchos and his partner, Officer John Davis

7. Phoenix Police Officer Ken Collins was murdered

8. Officers Jim Kliewer and Officer Jerry Kilgore were gunned down

9. Police Officer Brian Wilbur was seriously injured

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11. Officers Jim Kliewer and Officer Jerry Kilgore were gunned down

12. Phoenix Police Officer Brian Wilbur was seriously injured

13. Phoenix Police Officer Mark Atkinson was

14. Phoenix Police Officer Jason Schecterle was severely burned

15. Phoenix Police Officer Robert Sitek was shot and seriously injured

16. Child serial rapist in Chandler

17. 15 year old raped in Scottsdale by school janitor

18. 15 year old kidnapped and raped in Guadalupe

19. Kris Eggle-park ranger in southern Arizona (murdered)

20. Border Patrol Agent James Epling (murdered)

21. Deputy Sean Pearce (shot by homicide suspects)

22. Deputy Lew Argetsinger (shot by homicide suspects)

23. Sgt. Manuel H. Tapia was shot by a drug suspect

24. DPS Officer Robert K. Martin, 57, was shot to death – his assailant, Ernesto Salgado Martinez, a 19-year-old ex-convict

25. Agent Richard Fass, 37, of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, murdered

26. Agent Alexander Kirpnick, 27, Border Patrol, murdered

27. Gilbert mother killed by illegal alien fleeing from police in Mesa

28. Jason, decorated Iraq war veteran stabbed in his own front yard by illegal alien

29. Mother "legal immigrant" killed by illegal alien trying to ram Sheriff's Deputy's car in Phoenix

30. Tracy "17 year old" killed by drunk illegal alien

The burden of blind-eye police department policies forced upon them by local politicians and police chiefs and open-border philosophies were paid for with the lives of not only our police officers throughout our state, but also our citizens; it could happen to you. THIS IS THE HIGH COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT:

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY .

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET:

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Just in Phoenix:

· On Thursday July 1, 1982, Phoenix Police Officer Ignacio Conchos and his partner, Officer John Davis, entered a Phoenix bar in search of a bank robbery suspect. Both officers were mortally wounded when the suspect began shooting inside the bar. Officer Conchos died a short time later. Officer Davis died one month later on Friday August 6, 1982. Efran Contreras Lopez was a multiple crosser.

· On Friday May 27, 1988 Phoenix Police Officer Ken Collins was murdered by an illegal alien carrying out a bank robbery. Rudolfo Romero, one of the killers, remained at large for 12 years in Mexico and was extradited under the assurance that the death penalty would not be pursued.

· On Monday September 15, 1997 Officers Jim Kliewer and Officer Jerry Kilgore were gunned down by an illegal alien who had violated the terms of his probation – the illegal alien had shot his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. Officer Kliewer was shot in the neck; Officer Kilgore was shot in the head. It should be noted, the first stipulation for a person on probation in the state of Arizona is to be a law abiding citizen. For a judge to place an illegal alien on probation is to create an automatic violation – illegal means “not law abiding” and alien means “not a citizen.”

· On Sunday December 21, 1997 Phoenix Police Officer Brian Wilbur was seriously injured when he was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated illegal alien.

· On Friday March 26, 1999 Phoenix Police Officer Mark Atkinson was murdered in an ambush by illegal aliens.

· On Monday March 26, 2001 Phoenix Police Officer Jason Schecterle was severely burned when an illegal alien driving a taxi cab collided into the rear of his police car.

· On Saturday April 12, 2003 Phoenix Police Officer Robert Sitek was shot and seriously injured by an illegal alien involved in an armed car-j******. The illegal alien was a multiple crosser.

· On Tuesday September 18, 2007 Phoenix Police Officer Nick Erfle was murdered by an illegal alien during contact reference a civil traffic infraction.

· On Sunday October 16, 2007 Phoenix Police Officer Brett Glidewell was shot in the chest by an armed illegal alien who had been stopped for a civil traffic violation.

o Jose Abel Cabrera-Somosa, who was prosecuted by Andrew Thomas of the Maricopa County Attorney’s office and sentenced to 36 years on March 27, 2009, claimed to the court that his conviction was based upon mistaken identity, that his 6 year presence in the country wasn’t a crime, that he had been stopped by police 4 times prior to the shooting of Glidewell, and that the entire case against him was motivated out of racism.

· On Saturday October 25, 2008 Phoenix Police Officer Shane Figueroa was killed by an illegal alien who was driving a vehicle while intoxicated. This illegal alien was a multiple crosser with outstanding arrest warrants.

o Shane’s death was described by Chief Harris as a “tragic accident involving an undocumented worker.” In reality, Shane was needlessly killed by a multiple crosser with outstanding warrants who, according to investigators, urinated on the side of the road while Shane’s life ebbed away on the street. Police officers on the front line are committed to the rule of law and are quite black and white when it comes to the rules of engagement. Police officers don’t call a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist.” They don’t call a bank robber an “aggressive borrower with bad credit.” A softened tone for those committing the crime of illegal immigration (8 U.S.C 1325 (a)) can be highly offensive to those sworn to uphold the law.

At least 6 officers killed and 6 seriously injured by illegal aliens.

Also, DPS officer Martin,

While we are at it, how about the billions in cost to educate, medicate and incarcerate illegal aliens? Not to mention the crime victims of Murders, maimings, home invasions, kidnappings, identity theft, drugs, gangs and the list goes on.

If law enforcement could not stop someone before this law, they cannot stop them now. If you did not have to carry ID before this law, you don't have to carry ID under this new law. We did not expand law enforcement authority or require any "new" requirements or put new conditions on citizens. We simply took the handcuffs off from law enforcement and allow them to enforce our immigration laws, like any other law. Under SB1070 they will be able to ask and to act.

• The new Arizona law mirrors federal law, which already requires aliens (non-citizens) to register and carry their documents with them (8 USC 1304(e) and 8 USC 1306(a)). The new Arizona law simply states that violating federal immigration law is now a state crime as well. Because illegal immigrants are by definition in violation of federal immigration laws, they can now be arrested by local law enforcement in Arizona.

• The law is designed to avoid the legal pitfall of “pre-emption,” which means a state can’t adopt laws that conflict with federal laws. By making what is a federal violation also a state violation, the Arizona law avoids this problem. Look at the Supreme Court Decision of Muehler vs Mena a 9 – 0 Land Mark Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on this very issue of pre-emption, 4^th and 14^th Amendment issue.

Actually we have some safe guards in Arizona law that the federal law does not have. The fear is not about profiling … the fear is not about concerns over legal contact … even the liberal press understands those issues. The fear is the law will actually be enforced. AND IT WILL. We have put some teeth in this law to make sure it is enforced.

• The law only allows police to ask about immigration status in the normal course of “lawful contact” with a person, such as a traffic stop or if they have committed a crime.

• Estimates from the federal government indicate that more than 80 percent of illegal immigrants come from Latin America.12 Thus; there is concern that police may target only Hispanics for enforcement.

• Before asking a person about immigration status, law enforcement officials are required by the law to have a lawful contact/a violation of law and “a reasonable suspicion” that a person is an illegal immigrant. The concept of “reasonable suspicion” is well established by court rulings. Since Arizona does not issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, having a valid license creates a presumption of legal status. Examples of reasonable suspicion include:

• A driver stopped for a traffic violation has no license, or record of a driver’s license or other form of federal or state identification.

• A police officer observes someone buying fraudulent identity documents or crossing the border illegally.

• A police officer recognizes a gang member back on the street who he knows has been previously deported by the federal government.

• The law specifically states that police, “may not consider race, color or national origin” when implementing SB 1070.

• When Arizona’s governor signed the new law, she also issued an executive order requiring the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to provide local police with additional training on what does and what does not constitute “reasonable suspicion.”13

Rancher Rob Krentz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I held a senate hearing two weeks ago on border violence. One only had to hear the concerns and pleas from these folks to recognize the monumental failure of government to secure our borders and enforce our laws and the cost to our citizens.

Here are just some of the highlights from those who testified.

The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property. One Rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch, vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Qu'ran bibles.

Another rancher testified that on a daily basis drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains.

One man told of two illegal's who came upon his property, one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. They listen to gun fire during the night; it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.

The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them, then they can take them back across the border.

Federal prisons have over 35% illegals incarcerated, and 20% of Arizona prisons are filled with illegals who have committed felonies. In the last few years, 80% of our law enforcement personnel who have been killed or wounded were done by an illegal alien.

The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.

The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the Border States. We have been overrun and once they are here, Arizonans have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education costs have been over a billion dollars. The healthcare costs for illegal aliens runs into the billions of dollars. Our State is broke; $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop.

The border can be secured. We have the technology; we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under.

It will do no good to forgive them because millions more will come behind them, and we will be over run to the point that there will no longer be a United States of America but, a North American Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under?

How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico? We have already lost our language; everything must be printed in Spanish. We have already lost our history since it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our borders.

The leftist media has done everything in its power to distort what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set up a Nazi Germany. Are you kidding? The ACLU and the leftist courts will do everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when there is probable cause, such as a traffic stop to determine if they are here legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to show you as a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card, Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a hunting license, etc... So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street. The leftists here and in DC are angry because we dare try and do something. They want the "Transformation" to continue.

Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic. Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility, and it comes through respecting and upholding the Constitution, the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.

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Have you had enough taxation, regulation, over-spending, over-borrowing, bailouts, stimulus packages, and redistribution of wealth? How well is your government serving you? On top of that, they plan to expand entitlement programs, under the misguided belief that government should provide for everybody...... I wonder who will be left to work for a living. Folks we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.

Politicians and bleeding hearts have run out of YOUR money. How about a new deal for responsible taxpayers that starts with the premise that government/taxpayer is not responsible for raising your children? I believe in charity. We should all have a good heart and be willing to help. But charity is when you write a check out of your own check book, not to take it through the force of government to give to others.

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“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.” Thomas Paine, Dec. 23, 1773, The Crisis.

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

If you really want to change the country, start by becoming a Republican Party Precinct Committeeman! The most powerful office in the world because Precinct Committeemen determine who gets the chance to be elected to office at every level of government.

1. To change things, we must change the laws.

2. To change the laws, we must change the people who make them.

3. To get elected, your candidate must be on the ballot.

4. To get on the November ballot you must win the Primary.

5. To win the Primary, you must get the support of people who make endorsements in the Primary, who reliably vote in the Primary, and who get out the vote of others in the Primary. Those people are the Precinct Committeemen.

Most importantly, Precinct Committeemen get to vote in the Party elections that determine the leadership of the Party. The more conservatives who become Precinct Committeemen, the more conservative the Party, and its candidates, will become. The Party again might appear to the voters to offer a clear choice from the Democrat Party, rather than an echo of it.

By becoming a Precinct Committeeman, you get to ACTUALLY VOTE for the Party leadership. YOU GET TO CAST A VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS UP TO THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND THEN GET TO ELECT ELECTORS WHO ELECT THE STATE AND NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS. If those who accept, understand and advocate conservative principles become a majority IN THE PARTY RANKS, guess what? The Party leadership voted in will be those who accept, understand and advocate conservative principles. This just happened here in Arizona.

Call the AZ GOP at: (602) 957-7770) www.azgop.org

Call the Maricopa County GOP at: (623) 977-4532 www.maricopagop.org

Do you want to get involved in politics and advance the conservative agenda? I DO. One thing I recently found out is that the Maricopa County GOP has over 4,000 openings for precinct committeeman and my Legislative District 18 has only 25% of its Precinct Committeeman positions filled. I also understand this situation exists all across the country. Imagine if we could fill those openings with real conservatives! With Patriots who understand that Freedom isn't Free. That will rise up and are willing to commit their ... lives ... their fortunes ... and their sacred honor to defend and preserve this Republic. May God Bless America and help us to keep this Republic.

Most importantly, Precinct Committeemen get to vote in the Party elections that determine the leadership of the Party (WE HAVE HAD SOME REALLY CLOSE RACES TO KEEP CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP). The more conservatives who become Precinct Committeemen, the more conservative the Party, and its candidates, will become. The Party again might appear to the voters to offer a clear choice from the Democrat Party, rather than an echo of it.

The Most Powerful Office in the World is NOT the President of the United States. hile the claim is a bit exaggerated, it does make some fairly good points. If you want to make a difference in politics, the precinct is the place to start.

Becoming a Precinct Committeeman, you get to ACTUALLY VOTE for the Party leadership. YOU GET TO CAST A VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS UP TO THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND THEN GET TO ELECT ELECTORS WHO ELECT THE STATE AND NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS. If those who accept understand and advocate conservative principles become a majority IN THE PARTY RANKS, guess what? The Party leadership voted in will be those who accept, understand and advocate conservative principles. This just happened here in Arizona.

Find out which Legislative District you live in. Find out when the next meeting of that Legislative District Committee takes place. Then go to the meeting and tell the chairman you want to volunteer to be a Precinct Committeeman. Or call the Chairman before then. You'll have to gather a few signatures to get on the ballot. Once the election comes around, you'll be elected. Meanwhile, volunteer to DO SOMETHING in support of your conservative values and principles WITHIN THE PARTY. You will be leading by example. Many of the moderates are moderates because they don't know how to think and be conservative. You can show them by your DEEDS.

Now get to it!