Posted on 06/16/2012 10:29:35 PM PDT by donna
MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. -- Sixteen illegal aliens were arrested Friday night by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Human Smuggling Unit.
The suspects were being transported by van through the northern part of Maricopa County. They were on their way to New York, New Jersey, Texas, Kansas, California, Kentucky, and Connecticut. They all paid between $300 and $3,500 to be smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico.
One of the individuals arrested was an unaccompanied 6-year-old boy who claimed to be from El Salvador.
The child was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while the other suspects were booked into the Maricopa County Jail.
Following the arrests, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he remains dedicated to fighting illegal immigration.
“Regardless of the SB1070 controversy, President Obama’s recent new policy regarding illegal immigration, specifically the ‘Dream Act,’ activists, certain political figures, and the DOJ who has recently taken me to Federal Court, I will continue to enforce all of the immigration laws,” said Arpaio.
A Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s controversial immigration law SB1070 is expected sometime in the near future.
On Friday, President Obama announced that illegal immigrants under the age of 30 who do not pose a threat to the public or national security and meet certain criteria will not be deported and will be eligible to apply for a work permit.
How many other countries will just let you sneak across their borders without proper documentation without detaining you if you are caught?
Not Mexico. They have really tough immigration laws.
Monday morning the republicans will jump on this. (/s)
I would give him a sack lunch and send him back.
Poor little kid. He must be terrified.
Send that kid to school in DC!
If you don't have to prove citizenship, why should you have to prove age?????
Unaccompanied six-year-old = human shield.
Key word: - - - SNEAK
Send all the human toilets back to where they came from.
Sidwell Friend’s school with the Obama girls?
=child slave
If that’s First class. I would hate to see Coach!
Alrighty then. Follow Hussein’s new law ship everybody back where they came from but keep the kid here. Watch lib heads explode over that.
The kid must have seen the ad by NAMBLA.
Well there is one business that's booming in this economy.
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