June 17, 2009
AZ County "Refuses" to Enforce Illegal Immigration Laws
In its on-going feud with the County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday refused acceptance of $1.4 million in state funds to help enforce illegal immigration laws. Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox flat out admitted that she disagrees with how the County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office are enforcing immigrations laws. This leaves many people scratching their heads given Phoenix's reputation as the kidnapping capitol of the nation and Sheriff Arpaio enjoying high approval rates. Read the article in today's AZCentral.com.
Amnesty Bill is Top Priority According to President
Despite a full legislative agenda for the rest of the year and a bad economy, President Obama and the open borders lobby want to push through an amnesty bill at some point this year. However, according to a majority of voters "immigration reform" is low on their priority list (see poll results here). Even FAIR's Bob Dane commented that "with a 9.4 percent unemployment rate, it will be tough to convince the American people now to jam the work force with cheap labor." Check out today's article in the Politics section of the Miami Herald.
San Antonio Aerospace Firing U.S. Mechanics, Hiring Mexican Nationals
San Antonio Aerospace (SAA) has recruited more than 100,000 mechanics from Mexico at a time the company is laying off higher wage American workers. WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth discovered that the foreign workers are being brought in as "scientific technicians." How is this even possible when there are more than 100,000 American aircraft mechanics who are out of work or who have left the business? Click here to find out the answer to this alarming story.