GOP calls for homeland security hearing on immigration memo
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 16:49
Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, called on the administration to “disavow” themselves from the Department of Homeland Security immigration memo that outlined how to give amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States without taking any legislative action in Congress.
“I hope that this memorandum designated a draft will be thoroughly explained by the administration and will be disavowed in terms of an intention to do an end around Congress,” he said on the Senate floor on Monday. “I’m hopeful that hearings can be held so that the authors of the memorandum or director can explain why this memorandum was written in the first place and what they intend to do about it.”
Mr. Kyl did not think the release of this memo to the public was some odd administration trial balloon. “No, I think they got caught,” he said of that.
“What kind of department do you have when you have four high level people like this taking their time to make this type of recommendation? If the administration wants to say, ‘we don’t want to have anything to do with that,' 'we’re not going to do any of those things,' 'it is not our policy,' that would be an informative response. It’s not very informative to say the obvious, which is to just say, ‘well that’s not a final product.’ No one said it was.”
Obama administration sues Arizona over immigration law
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 16:33
Accusing Arizona of trying to "second guess" the federal government, the Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state's immigration policy -- claiming the "invalid" law interferes with federal immigration responsibilities and "must be struck down."
In the suit, which names the state of Arizona as well as Gov. Jan Brewer as defendants, the Justice Department claims the federal government has "preeminent authority" on immigration enforcement and that the Arizona law "disrupts" that balance. It urges the U.S. District Court in Arizona to "preliminarily and permanently" prohibit the state from enforcing the law, which is scheduled to go into effect at the end of the month.
Mexican gangs now maintaining bases in Arizona hills
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:59
Mexican drug cartels have set up shop on American soil, maintaining lookout bases in strategic locations in the hills of southern Arizona from which their scouts can monitor every move made by law enforcement officials, according to federal agents.
The scouts are supplied by drivers who bring them food, water, batteries for radios -- all the items they need to stay in the wilderness for a long time.
"To say that this area is out of control is an understatement," said an agent who patrols the area and asked not to be named. "We (federal border agents), as well as the Pima County Sheriff Office and the Bureau of Land Management, can attest to that."
Much of the drug traffic originates in the Menagers Dam area, the Vekol Valley, Stanfield and around the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. It even follows a natural gas pipeline that runs from Mexico into Arizona.
In these areas, which are south and west of Tucson, sources said there are "cartel scouts galore" watching the movements of federal, state and local law enforcement, from the border all the way up to Interstate 8.
"Every night we're getting beaten like a pinata at a birthday party by drug, alien smugglers," a second federal agent told Fox News by e-mail. "The danger is out there, with all the weapons being found coming northbound…. someone needs to know about this!"
The killings last month in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez of two U.S. citizens, including an employee at the city's U.S. Consulate, along with the slaying of an Arizona rancher, have fueled concerns among U.S. officials that Americans are becoming fair game for Mexican drug gangs seeking control of smuggling routes into the United States.
Porous Borders
