New Focus in Arizona Speed-camera Fight
Arizona Republic: “A citizens group behind a failed statewide initiative drive to ban photo enforcement is now focusing its efforts on the 14 Arizona cities and towns that use the traffic cameras.”
Voters Support SB 1070’s Controversial Points
Phoenix Business Journal: “A new poll shows that even the most controversial parts of Arizona’s new immigration law are seeing support from a majority of state voters.”
Arizona Asks for 3,000 National Guard Troops, but Gets 30 & 15 Signs Warning People of Drug Cartels & Human Trafficking
CNSNews: ““We have a whopping 30 [National Guard troops] this week that are showing up,. . . . But the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has placed 15 signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 that links San Diego with Phoenix and Tucson warning travelers of drug cartels and human trafficking operations.” The warning signs and the feds lawsuit to overturn Arizona’s immigration law are the Obama administration’s answer to illegal immigation in Arizona. Here’s the text of warning signs:
“DANGER – PUBLIC WARNING, TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED
Visitors May Encounter Armed Criminals and Smuggling
Vehicles Traveling at High Rates of Speed
Stay Away From Trash, Clothing, Backpacks, and Abandoned Vehicles
BLM Encourages Visitors To Use Public Land North of Interstate 8”
If you read this article you are now warned so if you enter the dangerous areas of Arizona, you are taking the risk that something bad might happen.
Three Judge Panel Rules Divorcing Couple’s Chihuahua is Wife’s Separate Property
Texas Lawyer: “On Aug. 25, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin issued a memorandum opinion affirming a trial court’s judgment that allowed Brooke Ashley Calder to keep a Chihuahua named Clementine.”
U.S. Files New Lawsuit on Arizona Immigration Issue
Washington Post: “The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities
[Phoenix area community colleges], saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.”
Can it get more bizarre? The federal government required by U.S. law to prevent people from entering and staying in the U.S. illegally sues because employers ask for proof that job applicants are legally in the U.S. The Obama administration is now actively preventing employers from complying with the federal law.
According the the I-9 Employer Handbook, Employers are required by Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act
“to hire only persons who may legally work here: citizens and nationals of the United States and aliens authorized to work. To comply with the law, you must verify the identity and employment eligibility of anyone you hire, and complete and retain a Form I-9”
The following is from the website of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services:
“Employment Eligibly Enforcement: All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens. On the form, the employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s) reasonably appear to be genuine and relate to the individual and record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form.
Checkout this statement from the instructions to the I-9 form employers must complete and send to the feds for new hires:
“It is illegal to discriminate against any individual (other than an alien not authorized to work in the United States) in hiring . . . .”