Showing posts with label arizona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arizona. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

U.S. May Sue Arizona Over New Immigration Law

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Justice Department may sue Arizona over a new state law that authorizes police to question the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.

"I'm very concerned about the wedge it could draw between communities that law enforcement is supposed to serve and those of us in law enforcement," Holder said.

And Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the new state law could siphon away federal money and staff needed to hunt down dangerous immigrants.

The critical comments by the nation's top law enforcement official and the Cabinet secretary responsible for enforcing immigration laws came four days after Arizona's governor signed into law the measure designed to crack down on illegal immigrants.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid backed off his pledge to fast-track an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws after fellow Democrats voiced skepticism and a key Republican supporter abandoned the effort.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

AZ Couple Allegedly Points Shotgun at Process Server

Sheriff's deputies questioned a Prescott couple after a woman allegedly pointed a shotgun at a process server Thursday.

According to Yavapai County Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn, the official went to the home on L Bar L Road to serve foreclosure papers to the homeowner.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

AZ Tickets Thrown Out Because of Process Server

Tucson City Court will throw out more than 100 photo enforcement tickets as it investigates if those people were ever properly served.

When photo enforcement cameras go off, a vendor looks at the pictures and video and sends it all to Tucson Police for approval of mailing a ticket. If the recipient does not respond, they are served in person. But one employee of the company hired to do that duty is accused of not doing the job, and more than 100 of those tickets have been thrown out. The case has photo enforcement critics pointing to the incident as a flaw in the system.

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