Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing an unprecedented campaign to recall him from office. This follows a re-election campaign last year which saw unprecedented amounts spent on both sides, as George Soros committed $10 million to oust “America’s Sheriff”. Joe was forced to spend his entire ‘war chest’ of $8 million to (barely) hold onto office – the closest race of his career.

Why?

Why is the Left in America so focused on a single county’s Sheriff, and willing to spend Congressional-level funds to defeat him?

Well for starters, Sheriff Joe is the biggest national symbol in the fight against illegal immigration. He has refused to back down from enforcing the immigration laws most law enforcement officials ignore, even in the face of attacks by race-baiting activists and lawsuits from the Obama Administration. His  ‘Tent City’, pink underwear and cheap eats for inmates are legendary across America.

In addition, Sheriff Joe has taken a strong stand against Federal gun control – further angering the Left. Joe deployed his Posse to defend schools from would-be madmen like the one who targeted the kids in Newtown. He also said he would refuse to enforce any new gun-control laws from Washington – by far the largest county Sheriff to do so.

But perhaps the real reason Sheriff Joe is endlessly (and expensively) targeted is because he aggressively pursues a strategy that hits at the very heart of amnesty proponents.  Arpaio systematically conducts workplace raids on companies discovered to have employees who gained employment by using fake or stolen IDs. Those illegal aliens who are arrested in his raids are typically charged with felonies. And any illegals who are convicted of or plea to a felony are put on the fast-track for deportation, or at the very least are barred from ever gaining citizenship or legal status under any version of “immigration reform” legislation. They are even barred from  Obama’s DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Understandably, this has enraged the Left.

The worksite raids began in 2008, after Arizona passed an employer-sanctions law meant to impose civil penalties on companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers. The Obama DOJ, La Raza and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce all challenged the law but Arizona prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011. But starting in 2008, Sheriff Arpaio and the Maricopa  County Attorney decided to use the new law to crack down on workers using false documents and charge them with identity theft. This strategy would  ensure that a criminal record would keep illegal aliens from ever obtaining citizenship.

Arpaio has conducted 71 such workplace raids since 2008, arresting many hundreds of illegal alien identity thieves in the process. Workers are often charged with multiple counts of identity theft, typically a Class 4 felony, and offered plea bargains to a lower charge, such as “taking the identity of another,” a Class 6 violation. But even with such a conviction, they are typically guaranteed to be deported, and regardless, can never gain legal status in the U.S. under any current or proposed legislation.

“Joe’s Law” has had an outsized impact on illegal immigration in Arizona. Maricopa County may be just one county, but it is the 4th largest in the United States. And Arpaio and his deputies arrest a staggering 25% of all illegals detained by law enforcement each year in the U.S. Coupled with the landmark immigration law SB1070, Joe’s Law has sent illegal alien fleeing from the state. Since 2008, when Arpaio began his raids, an estimated 200,000 illegal aliens have fled Arizona, according to DHS data. By contrast, since Obama took office, he has slashed worksite enforcement by over 70%.

There is nothing to stop other states from following Joe’s lead. Arizona-style employer sanctions and ID theft laws, with Sheriffs willing to prosecute illegals for felony crimes, is the model for states whose legislatures want to enforce the rule of law, in opposition to the Obama Administration’s multiple channels of amnesty.

The Left is seething at Sheriff Joe’s actions. In a piece in Salon.com, Arpaio is lambasted for “cheating immigration reform” and “shattering dreams of immigrants”, when of course he is merely doing what every Sheriff, police chief and ICE ought to be doing: enforcing the laws on the books.

The group behind the Arpaio recall, Puente, is quoted in the Salon piece:

“Maricopa County is the only county that is doing these raids. They don’t have to do these raids–that is immigration’s job,” said Carlos Garcia, director of Puente, a pro-immigrant and human rights organization in Phoenix. “If we don’t stop Arpaio…the people from the 71 raids are never going to be able to obtain citizenship or any other legal status in the country because of the felonies.”

That’s right. This is Sheriff Joe’s “secret weapon” against amnesty and it enrages the Left that a county Sheriff who cannot be fired is able to so easily stymie their plans for illegal alien amnesty – which explains why they are so desperate to recall him from office. And so long as he remains Sheriff, no one  – not the DOJ, nor the “Gang of Eight”, nor Obama or Napolitano – can stop him from enforcing the law and torpedoing amnesty for every illegal alien he books for identity theft.

So long as he remains Sheriff, that is. Whether or not George Soros and his Leftist allies can recall Joe from office, only time will tell. We will continue to stand with him. Way to go, Joe!

Sheriff Joe is facing an unprecedented recall from the radical open-borders Left. Please help ‘America’s Sheriff’ prevail…

Chris Crane warned us.

The ICE agent leader who is suing his own bosses at DHS to stop their lawless “prosecutorial discretion” policies – told us that DHS’ policy of releasing illegal aliens would put the Americ an people at risk.

Crane also said that ICE leaders were lying when they insisted that the 2,262 illegal alien “detainees” they released in February (using the “sequestration” as an excuse) were all “low-risk”, “non-criminal”  illegals without records.

And yesterday, Crane was proven correct when ICE was compelled – under threat of Congressional subpoena - to reveal the details of those released, which they had previously refused to reveal. And the data is shocking: 622 of the aliens released – nearly 30% – were convicted criminals, with 32 having multiple violent felony convictions.

During two congressional hearings in March, ICE Director John Morton insisted that only detainees who did not pose a threat to public safety were released and that all remained under supervision.

Morton now should be compelled to resign. The documents were released to Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Carl Levin (D-MI). McCain stopped short of calling for Morton’s firing, but lashed out over reports that dozens of those criminals released went onto Arizona streets:

“ICE’s reprehensible actions put Arizona at risk by setting free into our communities hundreds of detainees who were guilty of criminal offenses,” said McCain. “The ICE officials responsible for this must face disciplinary action and must take all actions necessary to ensure that this never happens again.”

Chris Crane was not surprised, and said this is the very reason he is suing to stop DHS and ICE from their disastrous virtual amnesty for illegal aliens: “They are putting the public at great risk by refusing to enforce the laws on the books against violent felons and repeat offenders.”

Crane’s lawsuit, Crane v. Napolitano, received a big boost two weeks ago when Federal Judge Judge Reed O’Connor told DHS that they had no power to refuse to deport illegal aliens, and that he was likely to strike down Obama’s virtual “DACA” amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. The judge is expected to give his final ruling in the next week or two, which the Obama Administration will no doubt appeal.

ICE and DHS are out of control and jeopardizing public safety, all in the name of politics. Yet another example of why DHS cannot be trusted to enforce the law or secure the border if the ‘Gang of 8′ immigration bill were to  become law.

We stand with Chris Crane and his 7,200 agents suing to stop this insanity and restore the rule of law to immigration enforcement.

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Shameless: Obama blames the U.S. and 2nd Amendment for Mexican gun violence.

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President Obama delivered a speech today in Mexico City where he blamed the United States for being the root of Mexico’s violence. He even implied that the 2nd Amendment was to blame, after absurdly claiming he was committed to “uphold” the right to bear arms.

But worst of all was the shameless hypocrisy of a man whose Attorney General Eric Holder carried out a gun-running  “Operation Fast and Furious” which sold AK-47s and other weapons, which have been used to murder over 300 Mexican civilians, and 2 U.S. agents.

Direct quotes from Obama’s speech today:

“And we also recognize that most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States.  (Applause.) I think many of you know that in America, our Constitution guarantees our individual right to bear arms, and as President I swore an oath to uphold that right and I always will.  But at the same time, as I’ve said in the United States, I will continue to do everything in my power to pass common-sense reforms that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people.  That can save lives here in Mexico and back home in the United States. It’s the right thing to do.  (Applause.)  So we’ll keep increasing the pressure on gun traffickers who bring illegal guns into Mexico.  We’ll keep putting these criminals where they belong — behind bars.“

Video below:

Simply disgraceful – on two levels.

First, it is laughable that Obama is upholding the ‘individual right to bear arms’ after he just tried (and failed…for now) to pass the most broad-based gun-control legislation in a generation, and his political arm has promised to target every politician who opposed it.

Secondly, it was the Obama/Holder ‘Operation Fast and Furious‘ which insanely, deliberately put nearly 2,000 weapons – mainly AK-47s – in the hands of murderous Mexican cartels, without any attempt to track them. Many experts believe this disastrous plan was to cause violence, which then could be used as a pretext for a wide-ranging gun ban in the U.S.

Whether or not that was the objective, the outcome is clear and monstrous: Over 300 Mexican civilians murdered – dozens of them children. And also 2 murdered American agents: Border Patrol  Agent Brian A. Terry and ICE Agent Jaime Zapata.

In a single, horrifying massacre in 2010, as Spanish-language network Univision reported – 16 teenagers were slaughtered using ‘Fast and Furious’-linked guns.

ALL were killed by the guns that Obama and Holder handed over to their killers. NONE of them were the result of so-called “gun traffickers” or the 2nd Amendment. For Obama to blame the United States for this wholesale slaughter is just despicable, but hardly surprising. The man has utterly no shame.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry told the Washington Times he was stunned by the president’s remarks.

“The idea that a United States president would go to Mexico and make that statement is incredulous,” Perry told the newspaper. “His goal – well before he became president of the United States — was to try to disarm the American public. He just disregards the Constitution.”

He disregards the law on guns, as he does on immigration. He disregards the truth, lying by denouncing his own country, on foreign soil no less.

Just despicable.

While we are told the border “has never been so secure“, and that there is a ‘zero net migration’ from Mexico, and that the ‘Gang of Eight’ amnesty bill won’t cause a new influx of illegals coming in – the constant, steady, MASSIVE stream of illegal aliens continues across our border…unabated and mostly undefended, as the video below – posted this very morning – demonstrates.

The Administration slashed the number of National Guard troops on the border by 75% last year. There’s been  zero progress on the double-layer border fence that Congress mandated since 2006. The Border Patrol has been ordered away from “wilderness” areas to “protect endangered wildlife” – exactly where the largest flows of illegals are taking place.

And they keep on coming. 14 illegals captured in just 24 seconds in the video below – 30 miles North of the border near Tucson – where the Administration won’t let the Border Patrol roam, but hidden cameras have captured these illegals’ unimpeded entries.

While the TSA body scans your toddler, or strip searches your grandma…invaders from who knows where stream across our border unmolested.

Who are those illegals in the video below? Dishwashers, grape pickers? Or perhaps rapists? MS-13? Jihadists?

Did you know that last year alone, 7,518 illegal aliens from terror-sponsoring nations were apprehended after crossing the border? How many did we miss? After all we only catch 40% of illegals who cross the border.

What are they carrying? Pot, meth, heroin? Or perhaps C4? WMDs? Biological toxins?

WE DON’T KNOW. And the ‘Gang of Eight’ bill will do absolutely NOTHING to fix it.

There is no “immigration reform” to discuss. There is nothing else to say.

Secure the border. PERIOD. Then and  only then will we discuss what comes next.

If YOU are sick and tired of hearing about a “path to citizenship” and “immigration reform” and just want to see the border secured, the rule of law upheld and amnesty for illegals stopped, then put your name where your heart is, and join the 170,000 who have signed the petition (click the link below)…

“Never before have I seen such contempt for law enforcement officers
as what I’ve seen from the Gang of Eight”
- Chris Crane, ICE Agent union president.

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Last week, ICE union chief Chris Crane won a stunning initial court victory in his lawsuit against the Obama Administration.  As we reported, Federal Judge Federal Judge Reed O’Connor told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they had no power to refuse to deport illegal aliens, and that he was likely to strike down Obama’s virtual “DACA” amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. The ruling stunned Washington, and Crane’s lawsuit could derail Obama’s four-year effort to undermine immigration enforcement nationwide.

In Senate testimony (video below), President of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council Crane slammed the Obama administration and the Senate’s Gang of Eight for including advocates for illegal aliens, but excluding law enforcement from providing input on the new ‘immigration reform’ legislation.

Crane testified before the Senate  expressing his disgust that law enforcement was shut out of the negotiations on immigration reform. Crane was sitting right next to National Council of La Raza (“The Race”) president Janet Murguia when he made his comments. La Raza – a racist intimidation group originally funded by the Mexican Government – was outrageously welcomed to help write the immigration bill, while law enforcement agents were shunned.

Crane recounted to the Judiciary Committee how he was physically escorted out of a Gang of Eight press conference last week and “spoken to with anger and disrespect.”

“Never before have I seen such contempt for law enforcement officers as what I’ve seen from the Gang of Eight,” he said.

Crane told the Judiciary Committee:

Lawmaking in our nation has indeed taken a strange twist. Senators invite illegal aliens to testify before Congress…but American citizens working as law enforcement officers within our nation’s broken immigration system are purposely excluded from the process and prohibited from providing input.

Suffice it to say, following the Boston terrorist attack, I was appalled to hear the Gang of Eight telling America that its legislation was what American law enforcement needs.

Crane criticized Obama and Congress for choosing a path of legalization for illegals rather than allowing immigration agents to crackdown on enforcement.

“Unbelievably, [this bill] gives far greater authority to the president and secretary of DHS. Exactly the opposite of what our country needs to create a consistent and effective immigration system,” Crane concluded.

Watch video below of ICE union chief Crane’s stunning testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee:

Chris Crane is an American hero. He served his nation in the Marines. then in uniform as an immigration enforcement agent. Now he serves us again, as the man leading the best hope we have to defeat the lawless Obama/Napolitano amnesty. We stand with him.

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Party and ideological divisions are roiling America. Battles over the budget, taxes, jobs and energy have crippled Washington. But there is one issue that people across the political spectrum agree on: they oppose giving in-state tuition to illegal aliens.

According to the latest poll numbers, 69% of Americans oppose subsidizing those here illegally with in-state tuitions rates. 73% of Republicans oppose it – as one would expect. An even stronger 74% of Independents oppose it. But the same position resonates across ideological and ethnic lines too. 58% of Democrats oppose it too, as do an overwhelming 90% of Black Americans.

And contrary to media propaganda, even HISPANICS are “heartless“, opposing in-state tuition for illegals, by 54%-28%.

So at tonight’s debate, will Rick Perry finally back down from the position that has derailed his campaign?

Or will he continue to stand with Gov. Jerry Brown – and against America?