Arpaio Resignation demanded by Latino Leaders

Let's see who these "leaders" include:

Daniel Ortega, a Phoenix attorney who is board chair of the National Council of La Raza.

Lydia Guzman, executive director of the non-profit immigrant advocacy group Respect Respeto. Seen with Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sal Reza, Mary Rose Wilcox, Raul Grijalva and Thomas Perez (from the DOJ)

Lydia Guzman with Senator Gallardo at the Recall Election night party held at the Wright House:

"Sheriff Arpaio, we are watching you," Guzman said.

State Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix

Recall Election Night Interviews

The usual cast of characters?  Or is it......

Jerry Lewis stating that SB1070 is only about law enforcement and is an issue he cares about a lot and should consider how it affects families, education and all aspects of immigration......check.

Randy Parraz saying that Republicans, Independents worked together for a better place for our children......check.

Chad Snow stating that hispanics and "members of the church " worked for this and that Russell Pearce is not a good representative for "the church"......check.

Daniel Ortega, another immigration activist lawyer for added emphasis......check.

Saul Solis, Lydia Guzman.......the "faith-based" guy who showed up at a recent Mesa City Council meeting to push the Mesa Compact as well as another immigration activist and founder of Respect/Respecto whose partial duties included gathering "testimony" of civil rights abuses and racial profiling..................check and check.



Don Stapley?
"We are going to change the immigration laws to make for a better state of Arizona and for the whole nation."

What was a "Republican" like Don Stapley doing at the election night celebration party held at the Wright House sponsored by a radical group headed by Randy Parraz?

They must have gotten chummy from all of those Board of Supervisors meetings that Parraz attended.

There's a word for guys like Stapley.   Several words actually but we'll refrain from the ones with only four letters and stick with this one instead:

TRAITOR.

Exposing The Faces Of Immigration: Luis Gutierrez

Luis Gutierrez is a Congressman from Illinois representing the 4th Congressional District.  The same area that has been found to be friendlier to non citizens than to actual citizens. 

He is an advocate for liberal and progressive causes.  His early political career included being on the Chicago City Council.  He also endorsed Richard Daley for Mayor in 1989 and subsequently served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Land Acquisition, Disposition and Leases and Council President pro tempore under Daley's administration. 

Gutierrez has questionable ties to Rod Blagojevich as well as the Daley machine.  There were reports of development deals with Daley in 2008 as well as sweet deals for family members in 2010.

Gutiérrez was a member of the Judiciary Committee during the 110th and 111th Congress, serving on the Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee.  As a result of his role in championing immigration reform in the US House, in 2009 Gutiérrez was appointed Chair of the Democratic Caucus Immigration Task Force by Speaker Pelosi. He is also the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force as the "leading strategist and spokesperson on immigration issues."

Gutiérrez was the first elected official to sponsor a version of the Dream Act in 2001.

"For years he worked shoulder to shoulder with Rep. Jeff Flake [R-Ariz.]

to bring Republicans to the table for sensible, bipartisan reform,"

In 2007, Gutierrez and our own, Jeff Flake,  joined forces to produce the STRIVE ACT.

Congressmen Gutierrez and Flake Unveil Bipartisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

Jeff Flake's webpage has a glowing endorsement for the STRIVE ACT by none other than Rahm Emanuel.  So, it MUST be a good piece of legislation.

 “As the son of an immigrant and a resident of Chicago, I know first-hand,

that immigrants make this country strong.

Those who have lived in this country for years -

who have held jobs, started families and established roots in American communities -

deserve the opportunity to earn their citizenship,”

said Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL).

In 2009 Gutiérrez introduced Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act -(CIR-ASAP) a bill to create a pathway to citizenship for non-criminal undocumented immigrants and improve border security. The bill received over 100 co-sponsors and was endorsed by members of the business community and organized labor unions, including the AFL-CIO, United Food and Commerical Workers and Service Employees International Union. 


Strangely enough, all of these unions have ties to Randy Parraz.  They all seem to hang out in similar circles.


Aside from the bi-partisan friendship with Jeff Flake, Luis Gutierrez has other ties to Arizona.


He marched in the ALTO ARIZONA sponsored protest march held in April 2010 in Phoenix.   An event attended by Randy Parraz.


Lydia Guzman with Luis Gutierrez:

Luis Gutierrez at a Reform Immigration for America meeting:
See also http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/

Raul Grijalva, Luis Gutierrez, Mary Rose Wilcox.

Faces Behind Immigration Reform: Martin Quezada

Another attorney.

What a surprise.

Before starting his private law practice, Quezada was a research analyst for the Democratic caucuses of the state House and Senate and was a judicial law clerk in the Arizona Court of Appeals.

He was also a Democratic candidate for State Representative in District 13.

This symbol, printed on his campaign signs, according to Quezada,

 meant that he supports union labor.  Who knew they had a "sign"?

Quezada with Raquel Teran who donated to his campaign:

He was seen at multiple events involving Citizens for a Better Arizona

including the election of Jerry Lewis.

Lydia Guzman, Martin Quezada

Quezada, Blase, Penalosa 

It seems that it would be a bit of a drive from West Phoenix in order to attend
an election night party for a Republican candidate.

Strange bed fellows, indeed.

Exposing those behind the Compact: Todd Landfried

Todd Landfried is the point man for ImmigrationWorks USA.

Landfried is also the spokesman for the Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform (AZEIR).

AZEIR organized the Arizona Immigration Conferences held around the State this last year in an effort to work towards "sensible immigration reform for our state and country."

You can see his comments here.

It was Landfried who traveled to Utah by invitation of Utah politicians and businessmen last February with Lydia Guzman (also from Somos America and one of Randy Parraz's pals) to oppose enforcement-only immigration laws set to be discussed in the Utah Legislature. 

On the heels of Utah's immigration bills and the various "newsroom" statements by anonymous authors intended to sway members of the LDS church, it was no coincidence that a letter drafted by a slew of Arizona CEOs suddenly appeared days before a series of new immigration bills were set for vote at the Arizona legislature.  Landfried, of course, was always willing to make a statement decrying the evils of bills attempting to curb illegal immigration.

The people in the business community finally said, ‘Enough is enough,'

and told the Senate president that moving these bills forward now is damaging us.

At a time when businesses are moving out of the state and people are getting laid off, this is not good for the economy or the people of Arizona. We have to stop this.

Within days of the CEO letter, Landfried was using the opportunity to link the principles of the Utah Compact with those of local business leaders. (Remember, the coalition must be "authentic") 

 "...the path to compromise on the issue might be through the business community."  

Landfried was busy following Randy Parraz throughout the recall effort of Russell Pearce as well as promoting the principles of the Utah Compact and the "myths and misconceptions" of immigration.

During the statewide push over the summer to rally support for a similar Utah Compact here in Arizona, Landfried wrote an opinion piece on AZ Central titled, "Let's Find Real Immigration Solutions". It is chock full of the immigration buzz words, spin and half-truths.

It is understandable to see Landfried with the likes of Parraz and the Democrats, but he seemed to appear in some of the most unlikely places throughout the recall/election process.

Like here at the Jerry Lewis announcment at the Wright House in July
 (He can be seen appearing in the background during the Don Stapley interview around 6:25)

and at the Jerry Lewis Election Night Party.

Remember his resume?
Earlier in his career, Landfried worked for the Clinton Administration's "reinventing government team" and also worked with Vice President Al Gore's "Intergovernmental Team." After leaving Washington, Landfried had a Democratic-oriented radio program in Phoenix for several years which one newspaper called a "far-lefty" program. He recently served as the Executive Director of the Maricopa County (Phoenix area) Democratic Party organization
and subsequently as a party officer.

Landfried sent out a news release through AZEIR days after the recall election in LD18.
 In his statement, he says,

 "We believe the voters for whom immigration was an important issue recognized the differences between Pearce and Lewis and voted accordingly...They recognized Lewis' practical and balanced perspective and his call for a permanent  federal solution as the only effective way to secure the border, while providing access to essential labor and addressing the questions of how to deal with those who are already here.

AZEIR welcomes Lewis' fresh and much-needed change in approach to solving this critically important problem....We hope political parties and candidates

realize elections can be won with this approach."

Politics sure makes strange bedfellows.