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Jan Brewer Has a Nonsense Explanation of Why She Uses the Phrase "Illegal Immigrants"

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Apr. 23 2013 at 2:04 PM

Illegal Governor Jan Brewer

Defending her use of the phrase "illegal immigrants," Governor Jan Brewer explained recently that doing something illegal makes you "an illegal."

We'll note that driving under the influence after a couple of glasses of scotch and rear-ending a minivan must not be illegal, or else Arizona apparently has "an illegal" for governor.

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-Jan Brewer's Wild Ride: We Got the Police Report. Get All the Tipsy Details Right Here

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arizona, illegal immigrant, immigration, jan brewer

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Joe Arpaio's Deputies Raid Taco Shops in Workplace Immigrant Roundup Number 72

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 15 2013 at 11:04 AM

Categories: Down on Brown

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office is proud to announce that 11 taco shop employees are off the streets today, thanks to the boys in beige.

This is the 72nd such workplace raid by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office branded as "employer sanctions operations," "criminal employment operations", and now, "operations targeting false identifications used to gain employment."

See also:
-Bill Montgomery's Victims Plead Not Guilty En Masse as Their Children Weep
-Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate
-Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man
-Joe Arpaio Says MCSO Doesn't Do "Raids," but Arpaio Touts "Raid" of Supermarket

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Joe Arpaio's Deputies Go After Construction Workers for "Employer Sanction Operation" 67

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Sep. 27 2012 at 12:53 PM

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In this episode, Bob's work friends go to jail.

After rounding up Mexican restaurant workers and patio-furniture repairmen, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has carried out its third "employer sanctions operation" in the last two weeks, by arresting some construction workers this morning.

That marks Sheriff Arpaio's 67th "employer sanctions" operation"/illegal-immigrant roundup, as 15 workers at the Glendale-based United Construction Group were arrested for allegedly using false identifications.

See also:
-Immigration Laws (and Joe Arpaio) Called Out by Cato Institute for Economic Woes
-Joe Arpaio Tells Tale About Fooling the Feds; ICE Calls Sheriff's Bluff
-"Employer sanctions operation" 66
-"Employer sanctions operation" 65
-"Employer sanctions operation" 64

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arizona, employer sanctions operation, glendale, immigrant roundup, joe arpaio, maricopa county sheriff's office, united construction group

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Puente's "Undocubus" Riders Arrested Outside Democratic National Convention

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Sep. 5 2012 at 7:50 AM

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See also: Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National Convention

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The "Undocubus" protesters, after being released from ICE custody.

Undocumented immigrants who rode across country on the "Undocubus" to protest immigration-related deportations were arrested outside the Democratic National Convention yesterday.

The "No Papers No Fear" mission is supposed to make the point that Dems are as unfavorable to the "Undocubus" riders as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio when it comes to immigration enforcement.

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arizona, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Puente, SB 1070, Secure Communities

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Justice Department Monitoring Election in Maricopa County to Keep the Racists at Bay

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Aug. 27 2012 at 9:41 AM

Categories: Down on Brown, The Feds

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The Justice Department is stopping by Maricopa County during tomorrow's elections just to make sure no one's being racist to an illegal degree.

The agency announced this morning that it's sending federal observers to three cities in Alabama, as well as Maricopa County to make sure everyone's complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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alabama, arizona, election 2012, joe arpaio, justice department, maricopa county, maricopa county sheriff's office, racial discrimination, racism, voting rights act of 1965

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Jan Brewer's Order Has "Absolutely No Basis Under State or Federal Law," ACLU Says

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Aug. 16 2012 at 1:29 PM

Categories: Another Stupid-Governor Story, Down on Brown

See also: Jan Brewer to DREAMers: State Laws Bar You From Driver's Licenses

Oh boy, what I has did now?

Governor Jan Brewer's declaration that participants in the Obama Administration's deferred-action program can't get driver's licenses "has absolutely no basis under state or federal law," according to the head of the ACLU of Arizona.

Brewer's order blocks the immigrants who are granted deferred action from obtaining driver's licenses or any other "taxpayer-funded public benefits."

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aclu, aclu of arizona, alessandra soler, arizona, deferred action, diet dream act, dream act, executive order, immigration, jan brewer, obama

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Joe the Plumber Says It Again, but Dumber: "Put Borders on the Troop and Start Shootin'"

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Aug. 15 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Down on Brown, Republicans

If you thought it was pretty dumb (or bigoted) for "Joe the Plumber" -- a.k.a. Sam Wurzelbacher -- to call for shooting people who cross the border, then get a load of this.

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arizona, bigot, immigration, joe arpaio, joe the plumber, joe wurzelbacher, lori klein, russell pearce

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Joe the Plumber: Start Shootin' People Crossing the Border, and Vote for Lori Klein

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Aug. 13 2012 at 12:04 PM

Categories: Down on Brown, Republicans

A man who calls himself a plumber told people attending a fundraiser for state Senator Lori Klein that he's got the solution for the country's immigration issues, and he's been saying it for years: "Put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shootin'."
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Joe Arpaio on Trial: The Background File

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jul. 19 2012 at 1:40 PM

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Today is opening day of the class-action racial profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- Melendres v. Arpaio.

The lawsuit, supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, is four years old, so we'll provide some of the background before the coverage comes in.

The Feathered Bastard posted a recap and some of the latest goings-on in March, and you can find previous documentation from the case below:

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aclu, arizona, joe arpaio, maricopa county sheriff's office, melendres v arpaio, racial profiling

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Joe Arpaio Orders a Go-Kart Race and an Immigrant Roundup for His 80th Birthday

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jun. 14 2012 at 3:48 PM

Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , Down on Brown

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There were no blind people around to ruin Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's birthday this year, so he sent the boys in beige to round up some brown folks, then went to race go-karts.

Illegal-immigrant roundup/"employer sanctions operation" number 61 took place this mornings at a car parts store in Phoenix called Autofit, and deputies nabbed six people.

For once, though, the actual employer was arrested, but it's probably because he attacked a Telemundo camera guy.

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