The other day the News 21 blog looked at the future of the Department of Homeland Security, and I noted that President-elect Obama’s likely nominee to head it, Ariz. Gov. Janet Napolitano, is known in her home state as tough but moderate.
Writing in Slate today, former Arizona Republic reporter Tom Zoellner suggests the tough [...]
Tag Archives: Joe Arpaio
Slate Details Gov. Napolitano’s Links to ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’
November 24, 2008 – 7:22 pm
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up 10/18
October 19, 2008 – 2:25 pm
A Eureka, Calif. newspaper takes a look at immigration in the national election. Where do the candidates stand? Pretty close together.
Paul Kanjorski and Nick Lampson, two of the endangered Democratic Congressman that News 21 looked at this summer, might get a boost from the financial crisis. A new poll shows Kanjorski catching up to [...]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 10/4
October 5, 2008 – 7:06 am
In California, more than 1,150 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested during a three-week sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At the Huffington Post, Jeremy Goren tries to discern the presidential candidates’ stances on immigration.
In Arizona, notorious Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he had received more than 900 calls on his illegal immigration tip line, 50 [...]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 9/13
September 13, 2008 – 12:35 pm
More than 50 people were arrested by ICE during a raid at a Southern California bakery. Authorities are saying that company supervisors extorted money from the undocumented workers in return for guaranteeing them jobs.
Sixty-five people were arrested in an immigration raid on a candle-making plant in Arizona, carried out by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
A [...]
Immigration a Big Issue in Arizona State Senate Race
August 19, 2008 – 6:04 am
Arizona State Rep. Russell Pearce (AP Photo)
Illegal immigration may have fallen from the national spotlight during this election season, but in some places it’s still a big local issue, as News 21 found in Pennsylvania. Now, according to the East Valley Tribune, the Republican primary candidates in a state Senate race in Mesa, Ariz., are [...]
Editorial Praises Ariz. Gov. After Immigration Enforcement Veto
May 3, 2008 – 5:01 pm
As Arizona grapples with the state’s large undocumented immigrant population, Gov. Janet Napolitano last Monday vetoed a bill that would have required all police officers and sheriffs to enforce immigration laws by partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, or by receiving immigration training. Napolitano said the hefty price tag, which could top $100 [...]
