Michelle Dallacroce, 41, of Phoenix, stood across the street with a bullhorn in her hand. She said she began chanting back: “America! America!” from across Thomas near a Wal-Mart.

This riled Yeo, who crossed the road and began yelling “Mexico!” in her face, Dallacroce said. Police said Yeo yanked on Dallacroce’s microphone cord, then pushed her in the chest, despite warnings by police to back off.

Yeo was taken into custody, cited for misdemeanor assault and released, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill said.

“She was really out of control,” Dallacroce said.

Dallacroce said she is the national spokeswoman, president and founder of Mothers Against Illegal Aliens. The group’s focus is to “protect the city” from illegal aliens who hurt people, she said. The organization’s Web site accuses national Hispanic organizations of attempting to “reconquer the Southwest.”

Immigration activists have gathered on Saturdays for the past eight weeks near Pruitt’s Home Furnishings and Carpeting at 34th Street and Thomas Road to challenge Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s enforcement of immigration laws and store management’s decision to hire off-duty deputies to keep day laborers from gathering on the property.

Yeo’s arrest was the latest in a series at the weekly protests. Sheriff’s deputies arrested the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona in early November for undisclosed reasons . Deputies said they arrested 11 people in the area last Saturday on suspicion of being in the country illegally after stopping them for traffic violations.

At that time, Arpaio said those arrests brought the total count to 55 since the protests began.http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/104572
This fight in Phoenix is the tip of the iceberg and we will see more of these stories and increasingly they will involve violence. The people will react on both sides of the border when their own politicians drop the ball.

It’s a first for Habersham County, Ga. A traffic stop by Baldwin police at 11:04 p.m. Sunday, May 10, uncovered a human trafficking operation.

"They just pulled ‘em over for a traffic offense – no taillights" on Highway 365 at Duncan Bridge Road, said Baldwin Police Chief Daren "Bear" Osborn.

When officers approached the white 1993 Jeep Cherokee, they found three men lying in the back luggage compartment, three in the backseat and two in the front – all Latino males.

Three Cornelia officers assisted the two Baldwin police officers on the stop.

Baldwin officers Stephen Alexander and Ryan Ledford had "seven Latino illegal alien immigrants and a Hispanic ‘Coyote’ on a traffic stop on the side of Georgia 365 at Duncan Bridge Road," Cornelia patrolman Scott Neumyer’s report states.

"Officer Coffey, Harvey and I responded and assisted in conducting interviews with the Coyote (Eugenio Lopez) and his Caucasian wife," the report states. "Additionally, our presence with the two Baldwin officers increased the safety in numbers around seven nervous and potentially dangerous suspects."

"It was determined after the Coyote and his wife’s confession that the Coyote was in fact smuggling illegals into Georgia from Phoenix, Ariz., an area of a reported porous border," the report states. "Once it was determined to detain all of the suspects, and the sheriff’s department paddy wagon arrived, the Coyote attempted to flee on foot. Officer Coffey, Ledford, Deputy Matt Roberts and I pursued."

After two attempts to deploy Taser probes to stop the fleeing man, a verbal threat combined with the Taser sound prompted the man to stop his run. He was tackled by Roberts and cuffed by Coffey and Neumyer.

As to how officers determined that the driver was a "Coyote" – one who smuggles illegals into the country – Osborn said, "It was just good old-fashioned police work."

Osborn said officers noticed a strong odor from the vehicle, which had been on the road for two weeks and "nobody had taken a bath."

"He was en route from Phoenix, Ariz., to Franklin, N.C.," Osborn said.

Those arrested include:

The driver, Eugenio Lopez, 34, of Franklin, N.C., charged with defecating/urinating on public property, taillight/taillight lenses required, creating a hazardous or offensive condition and misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Cesar Alejandro Chavez Morales, 22, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Brian Alsides, 23, charged with defecating/urinating on public property and misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Emiliano Hernandez, 21, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer. He was booked by federal authorities.

Jose Baldomero Abregon, 31, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Misael Solis Tapia, 18, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Juan Bautista Santiago, 25, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

Maria Eliza Sandoval, 21, charged with misdemeanor obstruction/hindering a law enforcement officer.

The offenders were turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

"From what I understand, two of the seven have been deported for felony criminal offenses before, so they’ll face a minimum of 24 months in federal prison," Osborn said.

One of the men, who claimed to be a juvenile at first, was later found to be of age and was immediately turned over to ICE.

Osborn said the local charges against the illegals will be dropped in lieu of ICE’s federal charges.

"The driver was charged by ICE with seven counts of human trafficking," Osborn said. "That’s the first time I’ve heard of anything like this around Habersham – and I’ve been here more than five years."

Osborn said ICE agents are "pretty close – they’re one phone call away."

Mountain Circuit District Attorney Brian Rickman said Sunday’s incident was the first of its type that he has heard of in the circuit, which includes Habersham, Rabun and Stephens counties.

According to law enforcement officials in Georgia, there was a contract in the vehicle, written in Spanish, where the men had agreed to work and not tell anyone how much they made or any details about their job.

A copy of the contract has not been yet released.

"We don’t know how much he was charging them," said Baldwin police lieutenant Tim Vaughan.

Apparently this was not the first time the driver has transported illegals, according to his girlfriend, who was interviewed at the scene after pulling up in another vehicle.

"It’s at least five times – probably more than that," Vaughan said.

Though the vehicle was registered to Lopez in Macon County, Vaughan said he had been living in Mountain City, Ga.

"That’s what we were told by his girlfriend," Vaughan said.

Among the men charged, Vaughan said two of t

I’m Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Rancher Rob Krantz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. (His ranch is along the Arizona/Mexico border.) I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence; here are just some of the highlights from those who testified.

The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property. One rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch, vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and other property, cutting down his fences and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two copies of the Koran.

Another rancher testified that drugs are brought across his ranch daily in a military style
operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards, fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains.
(Since this was written, a Pinal County Deputy Sheriff was shot by just such a group. It happened about 75 miles North of the border and just West of Phoenix. Fortunately, the Deputy will be OK. LML)

One man told of two illegals who came onto his property – one was shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily,he listens to gunfire and during the night it is not safe to leave his family alone. They can’t leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.

The border patrol is frequently not on the border. They usually are set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them; if they get their hands on them, then they can take them back across the border.

Federal prisons have over 35% illegals and Arizona prisons are 20% filled with illegals. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that have been killed or wounded have been by illegals.

The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming – they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.

The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the border states. We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education costs have been over a billion dollars. Healthcare for them costs billions of dollars. Our state is broke – we have a .5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop.
The border can be secured. We have the technology – we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner, legally, so that we can assimilate them into our population, afford the cost and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government under which we live.
Ah Luis, there you go again with your irrational mentality. As if Latinos residing in America don’t sell and use drugs and it’s OK for drug dealers from Mexico to come to America and murder as long as they return to Mexico and don’t collect welfare in the US. I’m going to try and confuse you now by saying it is astonishing how intelligent you are.

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I think frustration set in, because, the Lakers got embarrased on their home court for most of the second half by Phoenix. It was pretty unusual to see a public spat like that, because Kobe has matured and mellowed a bit over the years, and he and Phil seem to have a very workable relationship.

More than 800 law enforcement agents swooped down on a massive human smuggling ring in Arizona early Thursday morning, delivering what Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials called a "serious blow" to a criminal network that helped shuttled illegal immigrants all around the country.

Thursday’s strike is the largest coordinated action ever led by ICE, which partnered with eight other federal, state and local agencies to arrest 47 suspects in Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales and Rio Rico, Arizona.

"Alien smugglers are a scourge," ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton said. "They violate our borders … [and] profit at our expense by knowingly breaking our laws, day in and day out. Today we turned the tables on the smugglers."

ICE agents targeted four Tucson-based shuttle van services they believe have ferried thousands of illegal immigrants from southern Arizona to Phoenix, providing fake ride receipts for passengers and even coaching them on how to answer law enforcement agents if the buses are stopped at immigration checkpoints along the highway.

ICE alleges that the businesses are part of a larger smuggling operation that carries illegal immigrants over the border from Mexico From there the illegal immigrants were left at drop-houses or brought to shuttle services that offer rides to destinations all over the West Coast.
The owners and operators of Saguaro Roadrunner Shuttles, America’s Shuttles, Guerro’s Shuttles and Nogales Express Shuttles were all targeted in the raid, as were the operators of a fifth shuttle company in Phoenix, Sergio’s Shuttle.

On the surface the vans appear like any other shared-ride shuttles, taking about a dozen passengers around southern Arizona. But ICE officials told FoxNews.com that the companies relied almost entirely on criminal activity — and all were part of a larger network of smugglers who help illegal immigrants cross the border from Mexico, travel north into the U.S. and escape the watchful eye of border agents.

ICE dubbed the investigation "Operation In Plain Sight" because of the "brazen" nature of the alleged smuggling scheme, which carried illegal immigrants from Mexico, Central America and even China deep inside the U.S.

"The defendants wrongly believed they could operate with impunity by hiding behind the veil of legitimacy these businesses provided," said Morton, adding that ICE has "dismantled these transnational organizations and literally seized the engines that were driving the criminal enterprise."

ICE officials said the smuggling group was not believed to be violent, but they stressed the far-reaching implications of its alleged crimes.

"This isn’t a mom and pop enterprise. Human smuggling is a multibillion-dollar global enterprise that breeds crime, violence and heartbreak," Morton said.

"The smugglers care about only one thing: money. They aren’t concerned about the human cost or the toll smuggling takes on our quality of life, the integrity of our borders or our nation’s security."

Law enforcement agents dozens of search and arrest warrants as far away as Tennessee on Thursday, culminating an investigation that ICE said has lasted more than a year.

Officials denied that the timing of the raids was tied to the murder of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz, who was gunned down on his own property on March 27. Officials investigating the killing believe an illegal immigrant was probably responsible for the killing, which occurred near Arizona’s border with Mexico.

The raids — long in the making — had been delayed multiple times, ICE officials said.

Thursday’s actions involved agents from nine law enforcement agencies: ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, Customs and Border Protection, Arizona’s Department of Public Safety, Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Tuscon Police Department and Phoenix Police Department.

ICE officials said they were not focusing on rounding up illegal immigrants but on bringing in the smugglers themselves, some of whom are citizens and legal residents of the U.S. The agency said it would take appropriate enforcement action if illegal immigrants were encountered during the raids.

Indictments were being issued against the owners and operators of the shuttle services on charges that include money laundering, alien smuggling and conspiracy. Suspects are due in court as early as Friday.

Officials said they seized million in assets, including real estate, vehicles used for the smuggling and other property.

ICE officials predicted that the strike would put an immediate freeze on smuggling activity in Arizona, having "dismantled" the smuggling network and arrested key players in the international ring.

Though ICE predicted other groups would move in to take the place of the smugglers rounded up Thursday, the agency believes it will take a good deal of time for

Why was he so out of it on Letterman? It’s like he’s deliberately trying to sabotage his career. Why did he leave his personality at home?

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We are moving to the East Valley of Phoenix later this summer. My teen is incredibly involved in a youth group that is very active, spontaneous and close where we are in the midwest. We are looking for something similar in the Gilbert, Queen Creek, Chandler, Mesa Tempe area.

We are looking for something very Spirit led, Evangelical and dynamic. Any ideas are so appreciated. A good home church is going to make all the difference in making a smooth transition for her.

Thanks,
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My boyfriends home does not have a phone line and recently he built a room on back of his parents house. We both want to install a home line in that room and we would like to know how much is the cost for one, and also how much would it cost in Phoenix, Arizona (if it makes it makes a difference).