Public Official Helps Mexicans Cross Border

July 13, 2006

The leader of a militant organization that advocates open borders and helps Mexicans enter the U.S. illegally also heads an Arizona county office and gets her $80,388 annual salary from taxpayers.
Well-known in Tucson as a pro-illegal immigration advocate and strong critic of the U.S. government’s “anti immigrant fervor and militaristic tactics” at the Mexican border, Isabel Garcia is co-director of a group that aids and abets the violation of federal law. She is also the attorney who heads the Pima County Legal Defender’s office, a sister agency of the Public Defender’s office which represents indigent criminal defendants....

House wants to deny sanctuary cities aid

Thursday, July 6, 2006 · Last updated 3:32 p.m. PT
House wants to deny sanctuary cities aid
By JENNIFER TALHELM
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- Cities and states that aid illegal immigrants without reporting them to the authorities risk losing millions of dollars in homeland security and other federal money under two spending bills approved last month by the House.The bills, which fund the departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, State and Justice, were amended to refuse federal money to any city or state with policies that prohibit local government officials from alerting federal authorities about possible immigration law violators....