Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that if the Department of Justice carries out its threat to sue him then "We'll go to court. And then we'll find out the real story" regarding what transpired between him and Washington regarding illegal immigration traffic stops made in the state.
Both Arpaio and the DOJ have made claims about the other in regards to Arizona's high illegal immigration problem and the sheriff's efforts to apprehend Hispanics in the country illegally.
The DOJ contends that Arpaio needs a monitor to supervise his officers and his office in order to not apprehend Hispanics who are not illegal; Arpaio counters with the response that he only arrests illegal immigrants and that he isn't "going to give up his authority to the federal government."
No elected law enforcement officer in any state likely would willingly agree to supervision either, without a legal fight.
Voters in Arizona have continued to side with the sheriff, keeping him in office. The DOJ seeks to remove him from that post through a legal maneuver, since the voters won't do it.
Illegal immigration is such a problem for the state of Arizona that AZ Central reported on Monday that within the last six months alone more than 1,200 illegal immigrants have been arrested by the Bureau of Land Management for trying to illegally enter the state.
That's a federal agency acknowledging the scope of the problem for just the Sonoran Desert National Monument area--not to mention the rest of the state.
In addition to apprehension of the illegal immigrants, AZ Central reported that the BLM seized as much as 27,000 pounds of marijuana, removed 24 tons of trash left by illegals entering the state, and the federal agency repaired 15 miles of land, where illegal roads had been created to enable the illegal entry into the state from Mexico.
That's what makes the DOJ actions so perplexing. They are attempting to sue a sheriff who is willing to enforce the same laws prohibiting illegal entry into the country as the BLM is actively doing? What's the difference? Why isn't the Arizona sheriff allowed to do his job in illegal immigration matters but the BLM is able to do theirs without DOJ supervision?
That's what Arpaio says will come out when the public gets to hear his side of the story, as "There's lots of miscommunication emanating from Washington," the sheriff says.
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So the best they can do, is provoke individual states trying to protect their citizens from unfunded mandates. Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and a very few other states are the ‘Patsy’. They are being victimized by the Liberal run Obama’s Justice Department, although they turn a blind eye to violations of federal law, with the emergence of Sanctuary States like California, Nevada, Colorado, New York and more. Not only will the Attorney General Eric holder and his leftist attorneys bear down on states that defy his power, but anybody, who gets in the mix, is political fodder as with Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Maricopa Country. His only violation is he loves his country, observed the terrible consequences of the influx of illegal aliens who have damaged badly the state finances. Amongst the illegal invaders are criminals, that have saturated the city of Phoenix bring in the drug dealers, prostitution, robbery, sexual assaults on children and women and as widespread across the country drunken drivers; hit and runs.
When are the lawmakers in power going to grasp that real thinking Americans, as the Tea Party Movement, are not some small group of disgruntled voters, but rather the once 'silent majority', who are hushed no more? Thousands have never been to the election booth before are joining the TEA PARTY. We the People are frustrated and angry with both parties and they need to get it through in their head to listen to every voter or find themselves in the unemployment Line with Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana.
Indiana Secretary of State Mourdock challenged Lugar in part because of his constant leadership in pushing for amnesties for illegal aliens who have illegally stolen U.S. jobs.
• He acted 98% of the time for amnesty enticements and 76% of the time for other rewards for illegal aliens.
• And in 30 votes and co-sponsorships that were about direct importation of workers, he acted more than 99% of the time for more immigrant competition for U.S. workers.
He did give tepid support to secure borders (C+) and interior enforcement (C) but tried to kill a pilot E-Verify program to keep illegal aliens from getting jobs back in 1996.
Begin ‘Attrition through Enforcement’ by enacting federal E-Verify to cast out illegal aliens from the workplace. Complete coverage of ‘Secure Communities” for every state to locate the foreign criminals. Replace all profiteering lawmakers and thereby cleaning house; put familiar TEA PARTY leaders in their place Then according to a recent study by the Heritage Foundation another Comprehensive Immigration Reform package, better known as AMNESTY, would cost taxpayers an estimated $2.6 Trillion dollars to process and complete. Another giant price tag we cannot accept. Currently the 50 states have unfunded mandates of supporting foreign nationals of $113 billion dollars annually and counting.
The Tea Party does not discriminate against any citizen, naturalized citizen or permanent resident, but are in opposition to the illegal immigration occupation from any person, from any country who came here without consent. The TEA PARTY comprises of small and large chapters throughout America of every nationality, every race and every religious denomination? Their agenda is to replace all lawmakers, Governors, Mayor, police chiefs and all elected administrators in every federal, state and municipal agency that doesn’t have the same loyal ideology of the Tea Party leaders. If you cherish your sovereignty it is imperative we reject the growing rot in Congress that will benefit all of us, and then the TEA PARTY is the place to be. The TP demands is a urgent need for a balanced tax code with no subsidies, loopholes for corporations, sugar industry or anybody else; an end of bureaucratic tricks to stop drilling on public lands or coastal waters with its massive deposits of oil, natural gas, that can ease our need for foreign imports and lessen the out-of-control 16 trillion dollar deficit. Make obsolete the Department of education and return the power to states, communities and parents for better educational performance. Downsize the Environmental Protection Agency and reverse the many of the unnecessary regulations that is crushing entrepreneur and small business opportunities. No more government bail outs for the friends of the Oval Office, no more ‘cronyism’ to Wall Street and an end to massive spending by Obama’s Czars. Introduce a waste and reduction law, which begins the process of shrinking the size of government.