How to stop illegal immigration.

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My biggest question is, "What are Mexican officials doing in Arizona?"

llegals Begin Leaving Arizona as New Law Approaches

Friday, February 08, 2008

By William LaJeunesse

AGIA PRIETA, Mexico — For the first time, Mexican officials in Arizona admit there is hard evidence illegal immigrants are preparing to leave the state because a new employer sanctions law is making it difficult, if not impossible, for them to keep a job.

Illegal immigrants are flooding the Mexican consulate in Phoenix for documents that will allow them to return to Mexico to enroll their children in school, the consul to Arizona, Carlos Flores Vizcarra, told FOX News. They are also requesting a document called "menaje de casa," which allows illegal immigrant families living in the U.S. to cross into Mexico without paying a tax on their furniture and personal belongings.

Vizcarra said 94 families asked the embassy for students transfer documents last month, compared to only three last year. He said several thousand immigrants asked for the tax document.

In a separate interview, Edmundo Hidalgo of the non-profit immigrant support group Chicanos Por La Causa, said 30,000 illegal immigrants said in a survey last week that they planned to leave Arizona sometime before March 1, when the state’s tough new employer sanctions law goes into effect. Under the law, employers can lose their business licenses if they hire undocumented workers.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has set up a hotline for citizens to report on employers who hire illegals. He has said enforcement will begin when the law goes into effect. Many deputies have also been given arrest authority by Customs and Border Protection to enforce federal immigration law. So in the course of a traffic stop, illegal immigrants without a driver's license could ultimately face deportation.

These factors, combined with a slowing economy, are forcing many undocumented workers to consider leaving Arizona. According to a study last year, 12 percent of Arizona’s workforce is in the U.S. illegally, the highest percentage in the nation.

At a immigrant shelter in Agua Prieta, Mexico, just south of the Arizona border, officials say illegal immigrants are leaving the Grand Canyon state because of the employer sanctions law.

In the last month, for every five immigrants trying to enter the U.S., four were crossing back in the other direction, said Rosa Soto Moreno, who runs a Catholic shelter that provides food and lodging for illegal immigrants.

Soto said illegal immigrants crossing back into Mexico is a new phenomenon, and she attributes it to the new law.

"Many of the supervisors are upset by the law, but have told their workers they have no choice," she said.

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I would assume that they work in "the Mexican consulate in Phoenix" that was in the second paragraph of the article.

OK. Why do we have a Mexican consulate in Phoenix? They do not help the US in any way. All they serve to do is to try and protect the "rights" of ILLEGAL MEXICANs. So why do we even allow them here?

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Yeah, there are probably NO legal resident aliens from Mexico in Arizona, California or Texas. They're ALL illegal, right?

That's what I was thinking too..........

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If there is no work permit, I've always said to make the employers accountable with hefty fines and, on the third offense, a nice six-month prison sentence. Seems reasonable to me.

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Here's another way...

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Or there's the border fence....with a much needed improvement

ELECTRICITY

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You guys have got it all wrong, here is our soultion for protecting our borders:

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If we do not start eliminating any invader that crosses our border illegally, then when do we say enough is enough?

22-year-old Human Smuggler Arrested for 15th Time

22-year-old has been deported 14 times prior to today's arrest

Last Edited: Monday, 18 Feb 2008, 10:16 PM MST

Created: Monday, 18 Feb 2008, 8:37 PM MST

Human Smugglers Robles Gaytan and Bermudez were arrested in Eagle COunty Monday.

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EAGLE COUNTY -- Two illegal immigrants were arrested for human smuggling in Eagle today. One of the men has been deported 14 times for human smuggling prior to today's arrest. He is 22 years old.

At 8:21am a deputy pulled over a silver Chevy Venture van in the eastbound lane of I-70 for a license plate violation. The deputy discovered 13 illegal immigrants inside the vehicle.

The driver said he planned on delivering the twelve adult males in various locations that included Denver, Iowa, and Georgia.

Omar Alaverez-Mecedo, age 22, was arrested and charged with Human Smuggling, a class three felony, and operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license, a class two misdemeanor.

In the course of the investigation it was discovered that "Omar Alaverez-Mecedo's" real name is Israel Robles-Gaytan. According to ICE, Robles-Gaytan had already been caught and deported fourteen times; he gave law enforcement officials a different name each time.

Robles-Gaytan will be charged with Criminal Impersonation and 2nd degree Forgery in addition to the charges of Human Smuggling and operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license.

Silvestre Bermudez, age 37, was arrested and charged with Possession of a Forged Instrument and Second Degree Forgery.

Both men were in the country illegally. Alaverez-Mecedo admitted to previously being deported three times prior.

Alaverez-Mecedo and Bermudez are currently being held at the Eagle County Detention Facility with an Immigration Customs Enforcement holds and bond amounts of $15,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The eleven other occupants of the vehicle have been placed in ICE's custody pending deportation.

A procedure recently adopted in Eagle County allowed the Eagle County deputy to take immediate action regarding immigration enforcement.

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If we are to ever get control of illegal immigration, IMO, the states are going to have to impose their own regulations and enforce them. They'll probably have to fight the federal courts as well. The Federal Government is NEVER going to get tough on this issue because of their pandering and special interest issues. We're already being forced to compete with some of the cheapest labor in the world in countries

which exploit and abuse their workers and it's all ALL FOR PROFITS!!! I personally wish American voters would hold their INDIVIDUAL politicians responsible for their actions on this issue and if they don't begin to stand up for the American Citizen (legal citizens) then fire them and send them home to think about how they got elected in the first place.