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    OUTRAGE Phoenix mayor calls on FBI to investigate immigratio

    *I have a copy of the actual letter that was sent, but I can not post it as it is in Adobe. PM me with your email if you would like a copy.**



    April 13, 2008 - 10:51AM
    Phoenix mayor calls on FBI to investigate immigration sweeps
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    PHOENIX - Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is calling on the FBI to investigate whether the sheriff of Arizona's most populous county has violated any civil-rights laws in recent crackdowns on illegal immigrants.

    In an April 4 letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Gordon asked the agency and the Justice Department's civil-rights division to probe what he called discriminatory harassment and improper stops, searches, and arrests by sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County, which encompasses the greater Phoenix area.

    Justice Department officials said they would review Gordon's letter but declined further comment.

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said it's ironic that Gordon wrote the letter the same day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials observed his deputies arresting residents and illegal immigrants in
    the town of Guadalupe, and approved of the sheriff's work.

    "I think the mayor is disconnected from the people he represents and he doesn't get the point," Arpaio said Saturday. "Now he's going to Washington to confuse the issue and try to get the public against me. It's not going to work. I've done nothing wrong."

    In the past month, sheriff's deputies and trained volunteers have gone into neighborhoods with large Hispanic populations, pulling over people for routine traffic violations and asking some of them about their immigration status. Dozens of illegal immigrants have been detained by the federally trained deputies.
    ICE officials say Arpaio is not violating the formal agreement he has with their office that allows sheriff's deputies to enforce immigration laws.
    The "saturation patrols" have sparked an outcry from civil-rights and immigrant-rights advocates and emboldened Arpaio's supporters. They've also won praise from some Arizonans fed up with government inaction on illegal immigration.

    In his letter, Gordon asks that Arpaio be investigated for possible violations of four laws, including the Civil Rights Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act.
    "Over the past few weeks, Sheriff Arpaio's actions have infringed on the civil rights of our residents," Gordon wrote. "They have put our residents' well-being, and the well-being of law enforcement officers, at risk."
    Gordon declined to discuss his letter in detail. "The letter speaks for itself," he said.
    Last week, the Arizona Ecumenical Council and American Jewish Committee issued a joint letter saying the patrols "evoked a 'police state' atmosphere" and led to "detainment on the basis of a racial profile and dehumanization of innocent people."

    They were joined Friday by the Arizona chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, which echoed calls for a Justice Department investigation.
    Arpaio said Gordon is playing political games, and said the letters don't bother him.

    "I don't think any of them carry any weight cause I have nothing to hide," he said. "(Gordon) is degrading my office and my deputies by insinuating that they're violating all these civil laws. We don't profile."

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    When does this maddness ever stop!! This sheriff is the only person willing to help the american citizens in this country, everyone else is a sellout!! I need the e-mail of Mayor Phil Gordon so that I can blast him with my thoughts!!

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    That mayor Gordon is such a jerk. He's been publicly saying for months that Arpio is picking on and singling out "brown people." Arpio responds that he goes after people on an "equal opportunity" crime hunt.

    This guy Gordon is being talked about for a possible candidate for higher office like Governor. I hope he gets exposed for his own misdeeds before he gets any farther.

    Unfortunately he was up for re-election last fall and the foolish residents of Phoenix overwhelmingly re-elected him when they had the opportunity to end his tirade then. Arpio always wins by large margins too, so it doesn't make sence that they re-elected Gordon.
    Illegal aliens remain exempt from American laws, while they DEMAND American rights...

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    sweeps or kidnappings????

    Maybe the mayor hasn't heard about the THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE kidnappings in his city last year, related to illegal aliens (drug and human smuggling) - almost one a day!!

    See the other post about this news story: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/113694

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    "Over the past few weeks, Sheriff Arpaio's actions have infringed on the civil rights of our residents," Gordon wrote. "They have put our residents' well-being, and the well-being of law enforcement officers, at risk
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    How was the well-being of law enforcement placed at risk if illegal aliens pose no threat Mayor Gordon?
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    What about the Constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law? Are not citizens and legal immigrants to be afforded that protection in Mayor Gordon's eyes?

    "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence." Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

    There are two sides to the issue so by his complaint does that mean Mayor Gordon endorses:
    1. Illegal alien gang activity?
    2. Human and drug smugglying?
    3. Extortion and inhumane treatment by illegal alien smugglers?
    4. Idenity thieft and social security fraud?
    5. Immunity from the law for special factions?
    6. Free medical treatment for ilegal aliens even if hospitals go bankrupt?
    7. Violation of zoning and occupancy laws (i.e. drop houses housing 60 illegal aliens)?
    8. Ignoring public health laws?
    9. Illegal immigration?
    10. Law enforcement as multiple choice when deciding what laws to enforce and which to ignore?
    11. The Reconquista, Aztlan Separatist Movement or Indigenous People's movement in the United States?

    Mayor Gordon took an oath of office--perhaps it is he who should be subjected to an F.B.I. investigation?

    "This is the lawmakers for lawbreakers rally," said Del. Patrick L. McDonough, a Baltimore County and Harford County Republican. "Essentially, they are supporting legislation that aids and abets illegal aliens."
    "Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
    Benjamin Franklin

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    City of Phoenix, Mayor's Office
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    Phoenix, AZ 85003
    Phone: (602) 262-7111
    Fax: (602) 495-5583
    Email: mayor.gordon@phoenix.gov
    TTY: (602) 495-5810

    If you prefer to use your own Internet e-mail system instead of this form, use mayor.gordon@phoenix.gov

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    I'm surprised that a support group or campaign or something hasn't been started to defend this sheriff who is one of the most effective supporters of our cause. He has done what all sheriffs and policemen in this country should have done. Uphold our laws. And he is relentless. Someone needs to mount a defense against pro illegal forces like the stupid mayor. Arpaio doesn't just work for Phoenix. He works for all of us.

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    "I think the mayor is disconnected from the people he represents and he doesn't get the point,"
    Is he representing the legal citizens of his state....or the huge amounts of illegals invading it?

    EVERYTHING says Sheriff Joe has been standing up for his citizens.!!!!!
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    There are two sides to the issue so by his complaint does that mean Mayor Gordon endorses:
    1. Illegal alien gang activity?
    2. Human and drug smugglying?
    3. Extortion and inhumane treatment by illegal alien smugglers?
    4. Idenity thieft and social security fraud?
    5. Immunity from the law for special factions?
    6. Free medical treatment for ilegal aliens even if hospitals go bankrupt?
    7. Violation of zoning and occupancy laws (i.e. drop houses housing 60 illegal aliens)?
    8. Ignoring public health laws?
    9. Illegal immigration?
    10. Law enforcement as multiple choice when deciding what laws to enforce and which to ignore?
    11. The Reconquista, Aztlan Separatist Movement or Indigenous People's movement in the United States?


    YES TO ALL OF THESE.

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