by David Safier According to Media Matters, William Gheen has been billed as "a moderate within the American nativist movement since founding ALIPAC [Americans for Legal Immigration PAC] in 2005." He even pulled out of a pro-SB1070 rally in Arizona "after learning that one of its organizers was linked to racist skinhead groups." He gets … Read more
by David Safier From the Capitol Times (subscription only): Melvin/Arpaio mind meld on a volunteer militia to fight crime on the border: During the committee meeting, Melvin talked about the success that Arpaio had had with his all-volunteer citizen posse in fighting immigration crime. That posse could be used as a model for the state … Read more
by David Safier Forget about the New York Times. USA Today, that left wing rag (they try to push their biased news on me every time I stay at a Days Inn by giving me free copies in the breakfast room!), has an article out today saying people are safer from violent crime on the … Read more
by David Safier The Capitol Times' cover article (subscription only) has one of the better graphics I've seen lately: an unhappy looking Russell Pearce next to a Spanish language copy of The Book of Mormon. Pearce has a problem. His church doesn't agree with his stand on illegal immigration. Pearce loves to talk about the … Read more
By Karl Reiner It is approximately 360 miles from the New Mexico state line across Arizona to the border with California. On the south side of the line is the Mexican state of Sonora, part of the territory of a foreign country. Arizona is one of four U.S. states sharing the international border with Mexico. … Read more