We’re getting some astonishing straw poll results in from the Arizona races.
In a day which saw heavy rain and a light turnout, Arizona voters may well put ALIPAC backed JD Hayworth firmly in his place.
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Jun 16
Juarez Police will be keeping an eye on their side of the border as well as ours in an attempt to prevent another murder of one of their citizens
The mayors of El Paso and Juárez and law enforcement officials met Monday morning to discuss ways to stem problems on the international boundary between the cities.
The meeting at El Paso City Hall took place a week after the murder of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, 15, who was executed by a Border Patrol agent who claimed to being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest on the Rio Grande in Downtown El Paso. Videos of the incident contradict the agents account.
The meeting included leaders of the Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Juárez and Chihuahua state police.
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Jun 15
Youth staged a protest Saturday in response to the murder of a 15 year Juarez youth by US Border Patrol. This photo gives perspective of the distance across the border in relation to the damage a rock could do to someone standing on the other side of the line, which is in the middle of the river.
About 20 Border Patrol agents turned out in riot gear, helmets and shields to watch the demonstrators, but wisely chose not to release any weapons this time.
The demonstrators appeared to have crossed the Rio Grande and attacked the international fence on the U.S. side of the border. The demonstrators also cut a hole in the fence.
Meanwhile, a know nothing congressman, famous for his anti-Mexican anti-immigrant rhetoric had a solution for the whole problem.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said a proper border fence could have prevented last Monday’s murder by a Border Patrol agent of 15-year-old Juárez resident Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca.
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Jun 02
Some of the weapons a US Marine Reservist was caught trying to smuggle into Mexico
Agents became suspicious after observing that the truck had sustained substantial damage, and the two occupants of the vehicle made conflicting statements.
A Border Patrol canine alerted agents to the rear of the pickup where weapons were found hidden inside a load of plywood in the bed of the truck.
The vehicle was transported to the Uvalde Border Patrol Station for intensive inspection. Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the Uvalde Station to launch an investigation.
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Jun 02
Not what you wanted to hear, but the lies told about border violence by the proponents of SB-1070 were just that, LIES. The truth is opposite. Border violence is static and in decline, illegal crossing are in decline, a fact overlooked by the fearmongering nativists of Arizona
“We have not, thank God, witnessed any spillover violence from Mexico,” Bermudez says emphatically. “You can look at the crime stats. I think Nogales, Arizona, is one of the safest places to live in all of America.”
FBI Uniform Crime Reports and statistics provided by police agencies, in fact, show that the crime rates in Nogales, Douglas, Yuma and other Arizona border towns have remained essentially flat for the past decade, even as drug-related violence has spiraled out of control on the other side of the international line. Statewide, rates of violent crime also are down.
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Jun 02
A reader demands that the media stop pussyfooting around and call the new Arizona immigration law what it is: “The Mexican Removal Act.”
Too harsh? Not if you saw a recent story by a Phoenix television station that examined hundreds of e-mails exchanged between supporters of the legislation and its sponsor, state Sen. Russell Pearce. Here is how one constituent described the bill’s purpose: “I think it is about time we take our state and country back from the Mexicans.” Many others offered similar comments.
The truth can be ugly. But we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to it.
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