Burning Atlanta

I love this.  As we see all the time, ANY enforcement of our immigration laws is met with howls to the heavens. Illegals think they should be untouchable and the laws don't apply to them. On top of that sick mindset, we have any number of weak-kneed politicians like Mayor Gordon who is wetting his pants over Arpaio's "sweeps."

Very simply, they don't want Arpaio to enforce any immigration laws and all the pro-illegals do is whine about racial profiling. It's bullshit but what else can they do? Also, there are some candy-asses afraid that the illegals and their supporters will resort to violence because they're so upset to se the laws enforced.

Anyway, this should open a few eyes. Get 'em, Joe.

Critics have railed against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for concentrating his "crime-suppression efforts" in neighborhoods with a high percentage of Hispanic and Latino residents.

So this week, he took the operation to Fountain Hills, where Arpaio lives and few Hispanics do.

But the results were the same.

In a two-day traffic-violation patrol, 16 of the 20 people arrested - or 80 percent of them - were suspected of being in the country illegally.

According to the 2000 census, fewer than 5 percent of the 20,000 residents were Hispanic.

Arpaio was surprised that 80 percent of those arrested were suspected illegal immigrants.

Still, the sheriff said everyone arrested was breaking the law.

"I'm a little surprised, quite frankly, when you take (Wednesday's) figures, seven out of 10, and (Tuesday's) figures, nine out of 10, that's double what we arrested in two days in Guadalupe," Arpaio said. "I didn't realize we would get that many illegals in Fountain Hills."

Sheriff's officials attributed the discrepancy to early morning construction traffic in the area.

Deputies also arrested three U.S. citizens for driving with suspended licenses, including one who had a warrant for her arrest.

Those apprehensions make the operation a success, said sheriff's Sgt. Brett Palmer, who commanded Wednesday's effort.

Traffic stops are one of the most efficient means of clearing warrants and ferreting out drivers who have suspended licenses, he said, and if the efforts catch people in the country illegally, it doesn't mean deputies are targeting members of a certain race.