Posted on 05/05/2006 4:11:52 AM PDT by ovrtaxt
A posse of 100 volunteers and sheriff's deputies will patrol the Phoenix area and arrest any illegal immigrants, the county sheriff said.
The group likely will be deployed across parts of Maricopa County by the weekend, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.
Volunteers will be drawn from the department's 3,000-member posse, whose members are trained and are often former deputies.
"It's important to send the message out to stay in Mexico and don't come roaming around here hoping you're going to get amnesty," said Arpaio, who in years past gained notoriety for putting inmates on chain gangs and issuing them striped uniforms and pink underwear.
Arpaio's deputies have already arrested about 120 illegal immigrants using a new state smuggling law.
"We're going to arrest any illegal who violates this new law," he said. "I'm not going to turn these people over to federal authorities so they can have a free ride back to Mexico. I'll give them a free ride into the county jail."
Under the law — as interpreted by the Maricopa County attorney — illegal immigrants can be arrested and prosecuted for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the country. The law's authors have said they intended it to be used to prosecute smugglers, not the immigrants being smuggled.
Lawyers for nearly 50 undocumented immigrants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling have filed motions to have the charges dismissed.
A Los Angeles attorney brought into the case last week by the Mexican Consul General's Office in Phoenix plans to file another motion claiming Maricopa County Attorney officials are violating state and federal law because it's the federal government's job to control illegal immigration.
Both motions are to be argued in county court on May 23.
I wonder how long it'll be before the Federal Government comes out with an 'anti-vigilante' act?
I hope it works.
Sheriff Joe
They came here to work.
A chain gang is work.
I already live in mexico2 oh yes it was once called America, and have had the experience and it definitely left a very bad taste in the mouth!
Thank you Sheriff, salute you! You have my support. And God Bless the posse, go get em and show them there's a new boss in town.
How's about ... PRESIDENT Joe !!
LOL!!
Sheriff Joe Arpaio you are a HERO!! Thank you for doing something instead of nothing like our govt seems to be doing.
Many Americans just don't know the power a sheriff has.
These Police Officers Needed A 'Day Without Immigrants'
By Dave Gibson (05/03/2006)
Despite the false rhetoric spilling from the mouth of our internationalist president, not every illegal alien comes here simply to work. In fact, many Mexican invaders come here to cause mayhem in our streets. Illegal aliens account for 30 percent of the U.S. prison population. One effect illegals have on our nation which you will not hear reported by the leftist media is the murder of many U.S. police officers...However, you will hear it from me!
On Sept. 30, 1992, Oregon State Trooper Bret Clodfelter (age 34) stopped a suspected drunk driver who turned out to be an illegal alien named Francisco Manzo-Hernandez. The drunken driver was traveling with two of his fellow invaders. Trooper Clodfelter handcuffed the driver and placed him in the back seat of his cruiser.
As all of the men were drunk and the state trooper offered to drive the two passengers home. For his kindness, Clodfelter was shot in the head four times. All three illegals fled the scene and were captured a few days later.
Trooper Clodfelter served with the Oregon State Police for eight years and left behind a wife, son, and daughter. A further tragedy took place a year after the trooper's murder. Rene, his grief-stricken wife of only one month took her own life.
On March 26, 1999, Phoenix Police Officer Marc Atkinson (age 28) was shot and killed by illegal alien Felipe Petrona-Cabana. Officer Anderson was ambushed by Cabana while on routine patrol. Cabana was traveling with two other illegal aliens and carrying a pound of cocaine. An armed citizen named Rory Vertigan witnessed the shooting and helped capture the Mexican outlaws.
Officer Atkinson served on the Phoenix Police Department for five years. He left behind a wife and an infant son.
On April 29, 2002, Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy David March (age 33) was shot to death by illegal alien Armondo Garcia. Invader Garcia told friends that he wanted to kill a police officer. Garcia saw Deputy March on patrol one evening and pulled over and waited for March to drive past him. As soon as March began to pass, Garcia opened fire. The Mexican national fled back across the border after murdering March.
For four years, the government of Mexico refused to apprehend or extradite Garcia. This past February, U.S. Customs officers arrested Garcia in Mexico. Unfortunately, cop-killer Garcia is still awaiting extradition back to the U.S.
Deputy March served with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for seven years and left behind a wife and stepdaughter.
On August 9, 2002, U.S. Park Ranger Kris Eggle (age 27) was killed by Mexican drug dealers while on duty in Arizona's Oregon Pipe Cactus National Monument Park. Ranger Eggle was attempting to apprehend two Mexican drug dealers, after being notified by Mexican authorities that the two had crossed the border and were headed into the park. One of the drug dealers opened fire on Ranger Eggle with an AK-47. Eggle died before a medivac helicopter arrived on the scene. Mexican police officers shot and killed Eggle's murderer.
U.S. Park Ranger Eggle left behind his grieving parents and his sister (also a U.S. Park Ranger).
On November 13, 2005, Dallas Police Officer Brian Jackson (age 28) was shot to death by illegal alien Juan Lizcano. Officer Jackson responded to a call from Lizcano's ex-girlfriend. The illegal alien was threatening her and fired a gun inside her house. As Officer Jackson approached the house, Lizcano fled at which time Jackson gave chase. Lizcano eventually lay in wait and fired on the Dallas patrolman. Officer Jackson died one hour later at Baylor Medical Center.
Juan Lizcano had been arrested two months before murdering the police officer (once for threatening his girlfriend with a knife and again for a DUI). Lizcano had been living illegally in the United States for two years.
Officer Brian Jackson served on the Dallas Police Department for five years. He left behind a wife of only two months.
These are only a few of the stories of the human cost of illegal immigration. The next time you hear someone say "they are only here to work"...Remember these police officers who paid the ultimate price for so-called cheap labor.
*Ed: Views are those of individual authors and not necessarily those of American Daily.
http://americandaily.com/
AV
Once again, we have ordinary citizens doing what the government can't or won't.
Bravo Sheriff Joe and the posse!
While I applaud the Sheriff's interpretation of the law and favor incarcaration of illegals until the border situation is under control, there's a small problem with his approach:
Who's an illegal? You can't just walk up to anybody on the street and demand to see their indentification, no matter how obviously they look like an illegal. (Calif & AZ residents know what I mean.)
The nexus is probable cause. I'm interested to see what the Sheriff is using as a trigger mechanism to get someone to provide ID (or lack thereof).
Doing the job American politicians won't.
ROFLMAO!!!
I believe there was a Supreme Court ruling not too long ago that states people have to produce identification on demand to law enforcement, and provide proof of their identity. Showing probable cause may not be too difficult. If you have a business that is registered with the state as having 10 employees, and 50 employees are actually working on site , that's probable cause, evidence that labor laws are being violated with people working illegally off the books. They can then be asked to produce identifications, and the companies could be required to produce W2's.
Well even if the operational specifics are a little cloudy you gotta tip your hat to him for what is at least going to be a very interesting study in domestic psy-ops.
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