May 15, 2008 - 11:05am

AZ GOP: Governor has 'refused to enforce our laws'

The Arizona Republican Party has issued a statement decrying Governor Janet Napolitano's immigration policies, and stating their belief that she is, in essence, violating her oath of office by not ensuring the "the laws be faithfully executed" as per the Arizona Constitution.

Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, said, "The Governor has continually refused to enforce our laws on illegal immigration,” and claimed that, by syphoning money away from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to fund her newly minted warrants enforcement task force, she is "obstructing an elected official from doing his job.”

If this is true, then, it would logically follow that Gov. Napolitano might be subject to impeachment. Pullen said in February that Arizona has "impeached a governor for less than what this governor did," when he and a group of legislators filed a motion for summary judgment to enforce provisions of the anti-illegal immigration Proposition 200.

It seems now there are "grumblings" of impeachment, as several insiders have claimed. It however does not appear that a tangible threat to the governor will materialize anytime soon.

"Anytime the governor does something like this some people start saying 'Impeach!'" said one source at the capitol. However, according to the source, no legislative legal counsel is working on a draft of articles of impeachment.

And, despite accusations of illegality surrounding Gov. Napolitano's deal with the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, which yielded $100,000 in HBACA contributions to support a 1-cent sales tax increase the governor wants passed to pay for her transportation program, no investigation has of yet been launched.

The governor has flatly denied any wrongdoing in forging the deal with the HBACA, and has repeatedly stated it should be the responsibility of the federal government, not Arizona, to enforce immigration laws. 

 

Comments

Joes stunts


I agree with you italiana. Joe is just all hype. Maybe there IS an immigration problem, but the way joe goes about it is wrong. And we must all remember that EVERY human has certain rights because they're humans. EVEN illegals. Another thing is that I don't see joe capturing real criminals such as murderers, rapists, thieves. I just finding scapegoats like the illegals, or marijuana users. And WOW who cares if he made a big marijuana drug bust. Marijuana has never killed even one person in the whole history of the US. So big whoopty doo. Another useless stunt from joe.

06/21/08 8:33 pm

sheriff for governor


I like that. Lets go for that. Something has GOT to give.

05/31/08 7:42 pm

You got that right!!! You go


You got that right!!! You go boy!!! I am with you all the way!! WHAT CAN WE DO??

05/31/08 7:41 pm

I agree something must be


I agree something must be done, but what? I have many ideas but coming up against the government is difficult because they never listen unless a tremendous amount of people call them and tie up their Washington phone. Letting people know what is going on or at least getting the media to actually say what is going on seems not workable either as they remain close-mouthed. I suspect the Bush administration has sold out American and is trying to merge the two countries. Why else would they allow the border to stay open admid terrorist threats. They will invade a country, allow our soldiers to be killed to "prevent terrorist" from coming in our country--yet leave the back door open. Now how stupid do they think American's are? These people (the illegal immigrants) invade us, close up hospitals, take jobs Americans WANT and NEED, burden the schools, etc and now Obama wants to have bilingual education - and of couse that means Spanish. Better learn Chinese with all those people. So lets get something done. I don't have much money and I work but I would stretch myself as much as possible to help some way. I have sent an e-mail to the office of the Minuetman but so far, after a few weeks, have not heard back. It will take the force of citizens to stand up to the government and the employers who hire and demand illegals. I would work with the sheriff if I could. I will certaintly donate a little money to help what the governor took away from him. We do need some media on our side though to get the pubic to know more of how this is damanging the country. Thanks for your time. LaVirdia McMurray in Suprise.

05/31/08 7:36 pm

Law to alienate the 80% of publics rights..


Everybody who believes in the Sovereignty of America and holding on to our jobs and our quality of life. Better understand the globalist, open-border free traders are out to enforce their agenda. This is the free movement of cheap foreign labor throughout the North American Continent. Read English and European newspapers to see the consequences, of unfettered immigration that is causing riots and internal conflicts. Globalists in America have their own obscenity that is secretly to be voted on, behind closed doors away from ' THE PEOPLES' scrutiny.

Will congress outlaw local laws?
One has to admire the Sisyphean tenacity of the Congress as it starts to roll another boulder up the mountain of public opposition to the federal encouragement of illegal immigration. The latest attempt, HR 5515, masquerading under the euphemistic label "New Employee Verification Act" (NEVA) is another unworthy successor...

As always when dealing with the political class growing ever more distant from the populace it rules, the NEVA devil is in the details. For all of its noble goals, hidden in the voluminous wording of this legislation is the true agenda of its sponsors, to wit, the section on preemption, Section 101(b)(2)(A), which reduced to simple language* WOULD PREEMPT AND BAN ANY AND ALL STATES OR LOCAL LAW FOR IMMIGRATION-RELATED ISSUES enacted to impose employer fines or sanctions, or would forbid any laws requiring employers to verify work status or identity for work authorization. It would also prevent any unit of government from verifying status of renters, determining eligibility for receipt of benefits, enrollment in school, obtaining a business or other license, or conducting a background check.

WE MUST FIGHT BACK

05/17/08 1:22 pm

Aliens fleeing closed-door states..?


Nobody is above the 'Rule of Law' and hence (ICE) or any police enforcement have a job to do. Hard-nosed cops like Sheriff Joe in Maricopa County is rooting out illegal immigrants, and he is even going up against his pro-illegal immigrant Governor Neapolitano who cut off his funds. I sent $20.00 to his offices and I live in Indiana. Thousands of Arizona patriots are sending money, so he can keep fighting. http://www.mcso.org/

Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and now Missouri became a closed-door state to the illegal immigration occupation of our country. Just imagine the State of Arizona is now showing signs of successful prosperity, as hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and their families flee. http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/15/striking-changes-in-a...

05/17/08 1:07 pm

Nope!


No way!! napolitano is perfect!

05/17/08 11:12 am

Bobby's Right


Section. 4. 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.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Comment: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association and assembly. It also protects the rights of citizens to worship as they please and the right not to be forced to support someone else’s religion. The First Amendment also provides for the right to demand a change in government policies.

WE THE PEOPLE need to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances.
And DEMAND a CHANGE in Government Policies.Before its to late.
Traitor Bush is trying to take this away from us ,as I type this
Oh and Our President Called our CONSTITUTION.Just a G*d D@mn piece of paper.HONEST ,LOOK IT UP

05/17/08 10:19 am

Joe Arpaio for Governor


Janet Napalotano should be impeached and brought up on treason charges for subversion of the law, then we should elect Joe Arpaio for our Governor. I'll bet Arizonas border would soon be secure with a tent city right on the border to remind what Governor Arpaio will do with the illegals that cross our border illegally. I think a mandatory 2 years in tent city, building the fence, after that the alien gets deported, second offence is 5 years at tent city! Sheriff Joe for Governor!!!!!

05/17/08 2:39 am

Remove all of them


By the way, what Stephen among other posters wrote is not to be taken lightly, it literally is time to remove people like Janet Napolitano, not only in Arizona but across the nation. These people are incredible in their disrespect and lawlessness towards the American citizenry.

05/17/08 1:05 am

Americans Laws Violated by the Elected


Why are mainly Democratic liberals so utterly clueless on illegal immigration? Do they not realize that the whole action of coming into this nation illegally, has far greater implications than the fact that many of the immigrants are involved in all types of crime? Of course, many aren't. That isn't the problem. The problem is that we have a government that is literally defunct, when it comes to their duties. They believe they are above the law, these Senators, Congressman, and Governors. They are not. Janet Napolitano, is one of many lawless elected officials who is helping to make the laws that the citizens of the United States voluntarily put themselves under for OUR BENIFIT. FOR OUR BENEFIT. Not for the benefit of Corporations, illegal alien nationals, or even for the benefit of churches. I repeat, FOR OUR BENEFIT did we create the laws that these elected officials are now so blatanly violating, against the citizenries best interests.

05/17/08 1:01 am

GET THIS DEM TRASH OUT


Im retiring soon and was thinking of Arizona But wuth a piece of cellutic garbage (Liberal bought off open Border piece of garbage) im havin second thoughts.
Sheriff Arpaio is a hereo and he should step up his raids even more. Impeach this
subhuman trash of a Govenor and ill bring 2 million in assests to your STATE!!!!

05/17/08 12:42 am

AMNESTY ALERT!!


AMNESTY ALERT!!
Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA), Amnesty Amendment Added to Iraqi War Funding Bill!
Call Your Senators Now!!

Senate amnesty vote postponed until next week -- time to create grassroots firestorm to stop it!

Because the House of Representatives unexpectedly delayed the Iraq supplemental spending bill late Thursday, the full Senate won't be allowed today to vote on the amnesty bill that the Senate Appropriations Committee unexpectedly took up and approved Thursday.

Rosemary Jenks (Vice President, Government Relations, numbersusa.com) just finished reading the Iraq supplemental spending bill as it came out of committee. It would:

*Grant a three-year work visa followed by a permanent greencard to all illegal aliens who have been working as shepherds, goat herders and dairy herders.
*Grant a five-year work visa to the estimated 1.3 million illegal aliens working in other agricultural jobs -- plus all of their families. There is no instruction on what happens after the five years.
*Grant a tripling of the maximum number of H-2B visas for lower skill, non-agricultural seasonal workers.
*Grant industries an extra 218,000 additional permanent green cards for skilled foreign workers.

Rosemary says you don't have to have spent much time in the fields to qualify for Feinstein and Craig's amnesty.
You only have to meet ONE of the following three criteria to get the amnesty:

*Earned $7,000 working in agriculture during the 2004-2007 period.
*Or worked 863 hours in agriculture during the 2004-2007 period.
*Or worked at least a little bit in agriculture on 150 different days during the 2004-2007 period.
That amounts to an average of $1,750 per year ...
*... or 216 hours per year (the equivalent of 4 hours per week) ...
*... or parts of 37 days per year.

DO THEY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY ACCEPT THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS WORKING THAT LITTLE IN AGRICULTURE ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF AGRI-BUSINESS IN AMERICA!!!!!!
PUT A STOP TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!
Join www.numbersusa.com Send free faxes!
http://www.alipac.us
http://www.fairus.org
http://www.capsweb.org

05/17/08 12:24 am

...follow the money. All


...follow the money.

All claims of "Publicity Hounding" aside..(because Lord knows they BOTH do it),

Arpaio is and always has been a law officer.

Napolitano is: (...and, PLEASE!!! prove otherwise!!),

a) a carpetbagger.

b) a lawyer.

c) an opportunist.

d) a panderer.

ANY of you who think such agendas speak to YOUR greater good would be greatly served to understand these differences.

Otherwise... well...

..c'est la vie.

05/17/08 12:14 am

The assumption that Arpaio


The assumption that Arpaio is the only elected official doing anything about immigration is wrong, wrong, wrong. What he does do is cheap publicity stunts that are similiar to junk food. They taste good, but accomplish nothing. Moreover, his staged busts interrupt more sophisticated law enforcement efforts that capture the human smugglers and weapons dealers.

05/16/08 8:06 pm

Too Late to Do Anything About It!


That is what the Open Borders/Amnesty Crowd keep
repeating ,as if that erases the problem! Napolitano's
actions only enforce this attitude. Governors have
been recalled in California for less.

05/16/08 1:08 am

Democrats panding for Illegal Immigrant votes..?


Gov Janet Napolitano should be thrown out of office and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio would enforce the laws of our country. Napolitano is pandering to big business, the Latino caucuses and the pro-illegal alien lobby. We need a strong person who will not genuflect, to the illegal alien invasion.

Right now Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is expected to try to add an amnesty for illegal-alien agricultural workers to the Iraq supplemental spending bill when that bill is marked up today in the Senate Appropriations Committee. At this point, the details of the amnesty are unknown. There is some chance she may try to slip it through by giving one or two million illegal ag workers a 5-year amnesty as opposed to a permanent legalization. However, that still allows them to work and live here while further sinking roots. The open-borders champions hope that the longer illegal aliens stay the more difficult it will ever be to deny them U.S. citizenship. In addition, Madam House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is using strong-arm tactics against anti-illegal-immigration Democrats in an effort to kill the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) for the year. North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler's SAVE Act is an incredible threat to the unscrupulous businesses of America who insist on illegal labor to hold down their labor costs. Most business owners are not like that, but the outlaw businesses have the ear of Speaker Pelosi. Speaker Pelosi and her team are intimidating Democrats to make sure they do not sign the Discharge Petition that would bring the SAVE Act to the floor for a vote. They know it would easily pass. Call the anti-citizen Democrats and demand they say 'NO" to any AMNESTY. Call toll free and demand the Save Act (H.R.4088) Jam thei switchboards.

05/15/08 5:17 pm

It's Time To Remove The Governor


It's time to remove the Governor. Sheriff Joe is doing a fantastic job and should be commended for protecting Arizona and our nation from the massive invasion of illegal aliens. Just follow the money trial and you'll find out who's behind the Governor's change in policy. I favor a recall or impeachment of any elected official that does not enforce our laws. If the Governor has a problem with our laws and can't support enforcing them, then resign now. We can replace you, fast. Keep up the good work Joe!

05/15/08 4:49 pm

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <blockquote> <b> <i> <p> <br> <span> <img> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <table> <tr> <td>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Images can be added to this post.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.