The Hunt begins. SB-1070 gives border vigilantes a “license to kill”

 Posted by on 2010/06/15  4 Responses »
Jun 152010
 
The Hunt begins. SB-1070 gives border vigilantes a "license to kill"

Deputies with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday morning to the area of Parker Canyon located near Rio Rico Arizona for a group of illegal immigrants who were shot at. Sheriff Tony Estrada says that deputies received the call around 9:30 a.m. from the group who said they were shot at by 2 men wearing camouflage and using high-powered rifles. One of the 5 illegal immigrants was shot in the forearm and treated at an area hospital for his wounds. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol searched the area with helicopters and on foot but were unable to locate the shooters. Authorities were also notified by the illegal immigrants of human remains found near where they were shot, MORE

Phoenix Rising Rally a big dud! 700 – 1000 estimated attendance

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Jun 062010
 
Phoenix Rising Rally a big dud! 700 - 1000 estimated attendance

They advertised it as “Taking America Back”, from whom, no one knows, but the highly touted anti immigrant rally in Phoenix, called “Phoenix Rising”, apparently was a dud. The organizers of Phoenix Rising jumped the gun when they proclaimed; This promises to be the largest rally in American history demanding that the states and federal government secure our borders and crack down on illegal immigration. Attendance was estimated to be between 700-1000 attendees, which fell way short of the thousands the organizers had expected. Some came armed, others just came. It was only a week before when opponents of Arizona’s new racial profiling law known as SB-1070 rallied more than 100,000 from across the US to show their opposition to MORE