Fund Raiser Dinner to Re-Elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Volunteers Needed
Saturday February 25th 2012
Fund raiser event starts @ 6pm (end time to be decided later)
4291 W. Folley Place Chandler, Az 85226
A total of 60 volunteers are needed for the event
From 4Pm – ?
We have been asked to please not wear our colors or weapons for this event.
40 – For set up, tear down of 40-5′ Lg. Tables & 400 chairs before, to clean up after event. These people will also do table busing, empty trash & be go for (gofers) as needed during event.
Some will be needed for directing parking, transporting guest to & from parking areas.
20 – to train for donation check in tables.
To Volunteer contact Barb Heller ASAP
602-505-8760 or ltlwtduv@yahoo.com
I need your contact information ASAP
A southern Arizona contractor pleaded guilty in Tucson on Friday to knowingly hiring illegal ALIENS, the first case in the state in which authorities pursued criminal charges instead of just fines. Ivan Hardt, president and owner of Sun Dry Wall & Stucco Inc. of Sierra Vista, faces up to six months in jail for misdemeanor illegal hiring. A southern Arizona contractor pleaded guilty in Tucson on Friday to knowingly hiring illegal ALIENS, the first case in the state in which authorities pursued criminal charges instead of just fines. Ivan Hardt, president and owner of Sun Dry Wall & Stucco Inc. of Sierra Vista, faces up to six months in jail for misdemeanor illegal hiring. Hardt also pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to harbor illegal ALIENS, but his lawyer said that conviction will be dropped if he pays the government $450,000. That figure consists of $225,000 to cover proceeds that the company received during the time the illegal immigrants were employed there and another $225,000 to settle a civil dispute with the government over its payment to its legal and illegal workers. Hardt’s company also pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of knowingly hiring illegal ALIENS and agreed to enact procedures meant to guard against future illegal hiring. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case, had no immediate comment early Friday afternoon. The March 2007 bust of Hardt’s Business represented a new approach by federal authorities in Arizona that focused on criminal cases against company officials. Some violators viewed the previous strategy of seeking only civil penalties as the cost of doing Business. Now, people who hire illegal ALIENS could face jail time, which authorities hope will be a stronger deterrent. Authorities alleged that Sun Dry Wall & Stucco underreported its number of employees to federal inspectors and that some workers were found to have fraudulent work documents. They also said the company’s management was constantly on the lookout for undercover immigration agents and that the firm’s president and one of its foremen used two-way radios to communicate about the whereabouts of immigration agents. If officers were coming, supervisors would move the illegal workers to another site, or tell them to hide. Of the eight people from Sun Drywall and Stucco who were charged in the case, six have pleaded guilty. Office manager Carol Hill was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and knowingly hiring at least 10 illegal aliens. Her plea deal said she knew those employees were illegal immigrants when she hired them. Jose A. Gutierrez Tapia, the foreman in charge of stucco crews, pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring at least 10 illegal aliens and was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised release. Three other company employees pleaded guilty to conspiracy to knowingly hire hiring and employing illegal aliens. Two of those three were sentenced to three years of probation, while the third was sentenced to time served and 60 days of home confinement with electronic monitoring. STORY. Hardt also pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to harbor illegal ALIENS, but his lawyer said that conviction will be dropped if he pays the government $450,000. That figure consists of $225,000 to cover proceeds that the company received during the time the illegal immigrants were employed there and another $225,000 to settle a civil dispute with the government over its payment to its legal and illegal workers. Hardt’s company also pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of knowingly hiring illegal ALIENS and agreed to enact procedures meant to guard against future illegal hiring. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case, had no immediate comment early Friday afternoon. The March 2007 bust of Hardt’s Business represented a new approach by federal authorities in Arizona that focused on criminal cases against company officials. Some violators viewed the previous strategy of seeking only civil penalties as the cost of doing Business. Now, people who hire illegal ALIENS could face jail time, which authorities hope will be a stronger deterrent. Authorities alleged that Sun Dry Wall & Stucco underreported its number of employees to federal inspectors and that some workers were found to have fraudulent work documents. They also said the company’s management was constantly on the lookout for undercover immigration agents and that the firm’s president and one of its foremen used two-way radios to communicate about the whereabouts of immigration agents. If officers were coming, supervisors would move the illegal workers to another site, or tell them to hide. Of the eight people from Sun Drywall and Stucco who were charged in the case, six have pleaded guilty. Office manager Carol Hill was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and knowingly hiring at least 10 illegal aliens. Her plea deal said she knew those employees were illegal immigrants when she hired them. Jose A. Gutierrez Tapia, the foreman in charge of stucco crews, pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring at least 10 illegal aliens and was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised release. Three other company employees pleaded guilty to conspiracy to knowingly hire hiring and employing illegal aliens. Two of those three were sentenced to three years of probation, while the third was sentenced to time served and 60 days of home confinement with electronic monitoring. STORY.
Everyone knows we have to control illegal immigration. No one wins when the law is cynically disregarded by a large swath of the public. In this case, it’s employers who knowingly hire illegal workers as cheap labor to work in their fields, factories and construction sites.
President Obama has beefed up border patrols, but it’s fantasy to think that alone will solve the problem. We need to address the employers and hold them accountable. By stepping up enforcement on companies flouting the law, the president is on the right track. He’s also directed immigration officers to put their muscle behind arresting criminal aliens, not law-abiding families.
There’s a sharp line between those techniques and the sanctions on families that keep kids out of school, deprive crime victims of justice and keep pregnant women out of the doctor’s office. Alabama has set forth on that harsh path, with one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation, allowing state and local police to ask for immigration papers during routine traffic stops, based on a “reasonable suspicion” that the person might be here illegally. Schools must now determine the status of children before they enroll. Some people are fleeing the state, others who chose to stay are imprisoned in their homes. It’s a wrongheaded policy that creates an apartheid state, with an underclass of people living in fear.
Those who accuse undocumented immigrants of stealing American jobs should speak with farmers whose crops are rotting for want of workers. Few U.S. citizens want to do the back-breaking work. Farmers are letting their representatives know their need for workers is at a crisis point; that may lead to a more sensible guest worker program. Story.
The U.S. Supreme Court has sustained Arizona’s law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.
By a 5-3 vote, the court said Wednesday that federal immigration law gives states the authority to impose sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers. The decision upholding the validity of the 2007 law comes as the state is appealing a ruling that blocked key components of a second, more controversial Arizona immigration enforcement law. Stories.
When: Monday, May 23 @ 10am
Where: 205 West Jefferson – the round building with the wavy roof on the south side of Jefferson.
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