Kyrsten Sinema is the worst Arizona Democratic Senator because she sponsored an anti-immigrant bil SB 1225 despite several pleas from her own constituents to stop it.  In fact, several of her own Latino Democrats who voted for her were enraged as they interrupted her own SB 1225 press conference.  They chanted to her, “No Mas, No Mas”, which means no more anti-immigrant laws.  Arizona is already notorious for the anti-immigration laws and Sinema wants in on that.  When they chanted and plead against her, Sinema had them removed and arrested.  That’s an elitist Democrat for you.  If you don’t behave they will have you taken away or arrested.

We all know that Sinema is “appearing tough on immigration” because she wants to run for Congress in the future.  She wants to get on the anti-immigrant bandwagon, too.

David Morales is a Democratic activist from Arizona and he is livid with State Senator Kyrsten Sinema for “appearing tough on immigration”.  He writes:

SB1225, which I have written plenty about, and which has been put on the anti-immigration list by Latino activists and organizations such as Border Action Network, was written by a Democrat.

Kyrsten Sinema lauds her bill as one that gets “tough on immigration.” Sinema also gets the honor of being the only Democrat to write a bill this year that is on the anti-immigrant list….You can see the ads now… deep voice… “Kyrsten Sinema voted to get TOUGH on immigration.”

To do so required having 10 TEA Party sponsors, people like Ron Gould, Scott Bundgaard and Frank Antenori.

Sinema can kill her own bill before it reaches the Governor’s desk, and she has been asked to MULTIPLE times.  She doesn’t want to do that though because she wants to appear tough on immigration even though the law is already on the books, she wants to be part of the over-criminalization team.  I encourage you not to listen to me, a Republican….nay, take a look at what a Democrat has to say about his own here.

We had to wait until today to congratulate the Arizona Republican legislators for their courageous votes against 5 anti-immigrant laws that Senator Russell Pearce was pushing for.  Monday, March 21, 2011, was the last day for any legislator to file a motion to revive 5 anti-immigrant harsh bills.

The historic vote occurred on Saint Patrick’s Day, a religious holiday that is remembered and symbolic for Saint Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland.  In my mind, the Arizona Republicans who voted against these harsh laws on St. Patrick’s Day is symbolic of their listening to the business leaders — who are the driving force of America’s economic engine.  Without small businesses and entrepreneurialism, our economy would die.   The snakes in Arizona represent the old Dixiecrat thinking people who embrace isolationism, restrictionism and protectionism.  Isolationists work contrary to pro growth ideas.

The below Arizona Republicans have proven themselves to be the solution-makers of our future.  They have chosen not to continue to create criminal law, because they are solution-driven.  They represent the politicians of our future, not of our past. Last year, a harsh anti-immigration bill was introduced, and the message some of these lawmakers have sent to Washington is this:  the federal government must fix the broken immigration system.

Since the creation of SB 1070, federal lawmakers and President Obama have deported more undocumented (criminal element as well as the non-criminal element) back to where they came from.   They sent millions and millions of dollars to securing our borders.

The below Arizona state legislators recognize they have a limit to what they can do, and they have acknowledged that the federal government must address the broken immigration system.  The Arizona state legislators have seen the economic distress, housing market distress and the family distress that SB 1070 helped to create.  Now it appears (with the help of the Arizona business community) that they want to act to heal this state and our country while putting pressure on Washington D.C. to fix the broken system.  SOMOS REPUBLICANS will meet with federal lawmakers to introduce our 12 steps to secure borders and legal immigration this month.

We want to commend and send praise to the Arizona Republicans who voted to save the State of Arizona, and repair the image we have to nation and to the world.   Arizona still has 26 anti-immigrant bills that are floating out there, and we hope they will continue to remember that the federal government has jurisdiction over immigration related issues.  The 26 bills have been implemented primarily by GOP lawmakers and one Democratic legislator (Kyrsten Sinema) who broke rank to appear “tough” on immigrants.  We have asked Senator Sinema to kill her SB 1225 bill because the law is already on the books, but she continues to ignore the Latino community that got her elected.

The immigration issue affects national security and our trade relations with our soil neighbors, and it is unreasonable for us to have 50 different rogue states trying to implement their own immigration law.  It is reasonable to have one law, as we support the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States because this is an issue that could impact our trade agreements with other countries, and we believe Arizona Republicans should continue to embrace free market thinking.

SB 1308: Birthright citizenship:

• Frank Antenori, (Dist.30)
• Nancy Barto, (Dist.7)
• Rich Crandall, (Dist.19)
• Adam Driggs, (Dist.11)
• John McComish, (Dist.20).
• John Nelson, (Dist.12)
• Steve Pierce, (Dist.1)
• Michele Reagan, (Dist.8)
• Steve Yarbrough, (Dist.21)

SB 1309: Birthright citizenship:

• Frank Antenori, (Dist.30)
• Nancy Barto, (Dist.7)
• Scott Bundgaard, (Dist.4)
• Rich Crandall, (Dist.19)
• Adam Driggs, (Dist.11)
• John McComish, (Dist.20)
• John Nelson, (Dist.12)
• Steve Pierce, (Dist.1)
• Michele Reagan, (Dist.1)
• Steve Yarbrough, (Dist.21)

SB 1405: Hospitals checking legal status:

• Nancy Barto, (Dist.7)
• Rich Crandall, (Dist.19)
• Adam Driggs, (Dist.11)
• Linda Gray, (Dist.10)
• John McComish, (Dist.20).
• John Nelson, (Dist.12)
• Steve Pierce, (Dist.1)
• Michele Reagan, (Dist.8)
• Steve Yarbrough, (Dist.7)

SB 1407: Schools checking legal status:
• Rich Crandall, (Dist.19)
• Adam Driggs, (Dist.11)
• Linda Gray, (Distt.10)
• John McComish, (Dist.20)
• John Nelson, (Dist.12)
• Steve Pierce, (Dist.1)
• Michele Reagan, (Dist.8)

SB 1611: Immigration omnibus:

• Sylvia Allen, (Dist. 5)
• Nancy Barto, (Dist.7)
• Rich Crandall, (Dist.19)
• Adam Driggs, (Dist.11)
• Linda Gray, (Distt.10)
• John McComish, (Dist.20)
• John Nelson, (Dist.12)
• Steve Pierce, (Dist.1)
• Michele Reagan, (Dist.8)
• Steve Yarbrough, (Dist.7)

Backlash.

There is backlash from our Maricopa County GOP Chair — Robert (Bob) Haney.  Here are the headlines we are seeing on his blog that sends thinly veiled threats to these legislators:

Meet Arizona’s Benedict Arnolds

March 18, 2011

Yesterday the Arizona Senate defeated five bills dealing with the continued invasion of our country by illegal aliens.  Democrats voted in unison against all five bills. Republicans who ran as conservatives, misrepresented their positions to their constituents. Here are the Republicans who voted to defeat the measures:

AZ RINOs crumble to business lobby demands

….Read the letter here.

What have we come to when American businesses favor diminishing the sovereignty of the United States while supporting Balkanization by costly illegal aliens who invade our nation while displaying brazen disrespect for our laws?

The Maricopa County GOP Chair, Bob Haney, has hatred in his heart that is underscores my opinion because he refers to these brave Arizona Republicans as “RINOs” (Republican In Name Only) which is indicitive of his divisive nature.  This is how he uses strong-arm techniques in the State of Arizona.  He sends out evil letters and emails to the precinct committeemen and blogs about fellow Republicans and calling them “Benedict Arnolds”. How is that for an “official” leader of the Arizona Republican Party?

We have recently  seen Kansas put “RINOs” in crosshairs with their stylized buttons shortly after Kansas Representative Virgil Peck suggested shooting “illegals” like pigs from helicopters, and I’m curious if Bob Haney will follow their suit.

(Above)  “RINO Hunters in Manhattan, Kansas.

WE HAVE THE WHOLE VIDEO OF SINEMA MAKING SURE HER OWN LATINO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WERE ARRESTED AND ESCORTED OUT.

We know that Kyrsten Sinema wants to be the good cop on SB 1225, while Russell Pearce gets to play the bad cop in developing a brown list banning people from the Senate building, and preventing people from attending more press conferences.  Kyrsten basically told everyone at the Arizona capitol of her own self-inflicted chaos due to  her own fellow Democratic Latino voters revolting against a bill she sponsored — SB 1225.

Kyrsten was already forgiven by her Latino Democratic supporters when she wrote a bill that in essence allowed Jonathan Patton to run with it and eventually led Joe Arpaio to receive his powers.  Now she wants to do the same thing with SB 1225.  Kyrsten Sinema is in the business (along with Pearce) in over-criminalizing laws that are already on the books.  She wants to appear “tough on immigration” so that she can run for Congress.

Here is more footage of the SB 1225 event.  We have another video of Kyrsten answering a reporter’s question on why Latino Democrats are revolting against her own sponsored bill.

P.S. The people chanting “no mas”  and “no more” are Latino Democrats who are fed up with the over-criminalization of anti-immigrant bills.  Sinema should do her job and work on our broken budget and solving the bankruptcy condition of Arizona.

Dear Gente:

We have a year and a half to increase our political clout.  We do this by getting ready and registering our cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters and friends who are eligible.  Be sure to put them all on the early ballot system.  We should all ask for early ballots, that way you don’t have to fuss with getting away from work, and you receive your ballot in your mail box (in several states).

The reason why we are in this political mess that is filled with anti-Latino sentiment is because we are “asleep”.  I hear so many of you complain about the tea party whackos, however, we don’t motivate ourselves to vote in the PRIMARY ELECTION seasons.  We cannot afford to let these extremists get anymore control. Latinos bring “moderation” to the table and these stinkin’ politicians know it.

Those of you who are Hispanic Republicans, grab a buddy or family members and register them to vote if they are not registered. If they don’t want to register as a Republican, register them as Independent, Libertarian, or Democrat — it doesn’t matter, as long as they vote. Get them on the early ballot voting system and tell them to vote during the primary elections.  If we can increase and register more Latino Republicans, have them contact SOMOS REPUBLICANS so that we can tell our new voters how to become a GOP leader within their states.  We change the face of the Party from within and restore our sole back to the Party of Abe Lincoln. As a Hispanic Republican….naturally I would prefer to see more Latino Republicans, but understand why they don’t.  Russell Pearce, Joe Arpaio, JD Hayworth, Tom Tancredo have done a superb job at destroying the image of my Party.

Those of you who are Democratic, same with you, grab a buddy or family members and register them to vote if they are not registered.  Several Latinos are registered as Democratic, so there should be more of you who should be Precinct Committeemen or Delegates.  Contact the DNC and tell them you want to hold a leadership within the Democratic Party and demand to find out why there aren’t more Latinos in this role.  The way I figure it, Democratic leaders WANT you to be asleep during the primary elections so that the far left liberals can leave you with a choice of voting for the most liberal person during the general election.  In fact, we are now witnessing a Democratic Senator in Arizona wanting to appear “tough on…immigration” now — her name is Kyrsten Sinema.

We cannot complain if we do not vote during the Primary Elections.  We will have a 2012 Hispanic Friendly voting guide that will make it easy for Latinos to vote based on our list.  The Hispanic voting guide will be based on Politicians who have supported our community.  Politicians who are up for re-election and who have supported anti-immigrant legislation will end up on our UN-friendly list.

Start preparing now.  Every free Latino open concert in Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Brownsville, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade, Tallahassee, Denver, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, New York, Des Moines, Phoenix, Tucson, Chicago, Salt Lake, and more should have a registration table at these events.  Get with your pastors and find out when their events are and coordinate a table set up to register more gente.

Are you angry and fed up enough?  Will you convert your anger into something productive and more influential?  Then get out the Hispanic vote.  Go to the Post Office, and register every single one of your family members in preparation of the upcoming 2012 elections, except THIS TIME VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Vote for politicians who are Hispanic-friendly, and then feel good about registering every eligible person in your family (we have large families) because you did something to counter the extremism we are all witnessing.

Yours,

DeeDee Garcia Blase

Founder/President of SOMOS REPUBLICANS

Hispanic leaders and activists have been writing Senator Sinema emails telling her to kill SB 1225 to no avail. She has been ignoring Latino Democrats and the Hispanic Community. The Latino community voiced their opinions against Sinema yesterday at her SB 1225 press conference (the Arizona anti-Latino day where Pearce launched his massive omnibus bill).

I have said it before and I will say it again….the Latino Community is fed up with the over-criminalization of anti-immigrant laws, and Sinema sponsored another bill that will “break rank” amongst Arizona Democratic legislators with regard to “getting tough on…immigration”.

Sinema wants Latino Democrats to be good little Hispanics and accept all actions she makes even if she wants to appear “tough on….immigration”. Bottom line, we think Sinema wants to run for Congress, and she thinks she has to “appear tough on immigration” while selling Latinos down the Rio Grande River with regard to SB 1225. She boasts of the “charity” she gave to Hispanics, but when the Latino Community voices their opinion against yet another anti-immigrant law THAT SHE SPONSORED, she wants them to shut up and take it….after all…..she has her eyes set on a higher future political position.

If Sinema does not kill her SB 1225, she will go down in history as “breaking rank” from the Democratic legislators (like Steve Gallardo) who is an Arizona legislator who doesn’t use Latinos on issues (immigration) near and dear to our hearts. Sinema ought to take notes from her own cohort and Latino legislator — Steve Gallardo. If she doesn’t want to take notes from Steve Gallardo (because she has an elitest attitude)…..then perhaps she should seek the guidance of a respectable blue dog Democrat like Felecia Rotellini. Felecia has class and knows how to maintain relationships which Sinema should learn from.

Below you will see a video of Sinema asking the police to remove Carlos Galindo, Hispanic Democratic activist who has a Democratic-leaning radio program, and 3 other Hispanic voters who voted for her. Needless to say…..they will not be voting for her again.

Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema had her own supporters arrested at Arizona Capitol for protesting her own over-criminalization of anti-immigrant laws.

Dear Democratic legislators,

Senator Sinema recently wrote you an email, and my responses are below in bold.  Please know the Hispanic community stands in solidarity against SB 1225.

Sinema wrote:

“Fellow Democrats, It has come to my attention that Somos Republicans issued an email to all House and Senate Democrats (myself excepted) regarding my bill, SB 1255. Some of you may also have read recent blog postings spreading inaccurate information about SB 1225.”

Arizona Hispanic Leaders are standing in solidarity against SB 1225.  If you know of any strong Hispanic Immigration activists who are in support of SB 1225, please provide those names to us right away.  Most of the Democratic Hispanic Community puts their trust in Rep. Steve Gallardo because he rolls his sleeves up and makes time for them.  If Sinema can get Steve Gallardo to put his support behind SB 1225, then we will stop screaming about the bill Senator Sinema sponsored (and has overwhelming Republican support).   Hispanic Democratic activist (David Abie Morales), was one of the first persons to bring light and attention to Senator Sinema’s slippery slope.  She also openly professed her “love” of Russell Pearce which can be seen here and is being criticized by our community. A few days later, I started to receive phone calls from members of the Hispanic community, too.  Lawyers who are members of SOMOS REPUBLICANS also agree that Senator Sinema is over-criminalizing laws that are already on the books.

Sinema wrote:

“I would like to take a few moments to share the true facts with you about this legislation.  First, this bill was authored by Attorney General Terry Godard in 2009…..”

2009 is considered the pre-SB 1070 era. That was then and this is now.  After SB 1070 was signed by Governor Brewer, the entire Hispanic Community has been on alert and anxiety has been heightened. Arizona Latinos are still upset that we did not receive advance notice by those who claim to represent “minorities”.  It should be evident to every single Democratic and Republican legislator that Arizona Hispanics have been stirred, and we are now tracking legislation and keeping score.  In fact, these days you may have witnessed several of us attending hearings at the Capitol and this should attest to our concerns about these immigration laws.  David Morales and local Phoenix Hispanic Democratic Activists are planning a large protest to rally against Sinema’s SB1225 Bill, and members of SOMOS REPUBLICANS will be there in solidarity.  Latinos are fed up with legislators treating the immigration issue like a political football, and since Sinema wants to risk being the first Democratic legislator who “wants to get tough on immigration”, then we will remind her that she is going against the “will of the People” whom she represents.  There is a high percentage of Latinos in her district, and we will remind them of how she chooses to over-criminalize laws that are already on the books.

Sinema wrote:

“David Lujan, Eddie Abeleser, Anna Tovar, and David Schapira.”

Let the record be known that David Lujan was absent when SB 1070 was being voted upon.  The Hispanic community remembers that.

Sinema wrote:

“Second, this bill seeks to increase the penalty for individuals who meet two criminal elements…..”

I have expressed multiple times to Ms. Sinema that Arizona is notorious for over-criminalizing laws that are already on the books.  By Sinema’s own confession in her own press release, she boasted of sponsoring SB 1225 ‘that gets tough on… illegal immigration’ and passed the Senate Border Security.

Democratic Activist, David Morales writes his concern below and you can read the rest here.  Do Democratic legislators want to take the slippery slope in the continued over-criminalization of immigration laws here in Arizona?  If you do, I get to point my fingers at you as the founder and President of largest Hispanic Republican group in the nation, to say you are really no different than Russell Pearce and Republicans who are in the business of enforcement-only policies as they continue to inundate us with these immigration laws.

David Morales wrote:

This article will be as objective as possible and will make a logical argument regarding SB1225.

Some have heard that this bill stops rape, some have heard that it is pro-immigrant, some have heard that it goes after non-criminal immigrants, others may have heard that this bill “saves all the cute little kittens out there.”

I will provide evidence that this bill can be misused, and provide evidence that Kyrsten Sinema knows about this misuse.

Put aside anything you have heard, and let’s look at what the bill actually says, not what the author or opponents think of it.

Read David’s piece here.

The choice is yours.  If Democratic legislators choose to go down that slippery slope Senator Sinema is on, you will wind up on our 2012 “unfriendly to Hispanics list” because you have been warned of Latino sentiment.  I cannot be clearer to you:  WE ARE FED UP WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF THESE ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAWS WE FACE ALMOST EVERY DAY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. Remember, there are 800,000 LEGAL and eligible Hispanic voters in the State of Arizona, and only 400,000 of us are registered to vote right now.  There were approximately 43,000 new Hispanic registered voters between the time in which Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 to one month before the November 2010 elections.  Don’t you think we will have approximately 200,000 more new Hispanic registered voters by 2012? Of course we will.  The Latino giant is awake now.

Please do not put your fingerprints on SB 1225.  If you want to be nationally recognized as a Democratic legislator in the State of Arizona who is following in the same footsteps as Russell Pearce, then sign it.

Warmest regards,

DeeDee Garcia Blase
Founder/President

Photo Courtesy of David Morales

I heard from David Morales that Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is on the record for stating SB1225, the bill State Senator Kyrsten Sinema is sponsoring, is  not needed.  I agree.  Arizona is notorious for over-criminalization.  It looks like Arizona State Senator Kyrsten Sinema should take notes from the sheriff.  Dupnik is very good friends with Congresswoman Gabby Gibbords who was recently shot in the head.  He was  involved in that whole chaos from the mad man who shot innocent people to death on a shooting spree that almost cost Gabby’s life.

So here you go, Sinema, (and all of you other Democratic politicians who are considering getting on the anti-immigrant bandwagon) hear it for yourselves from Sheriff Dupnik in the below podcast.  Be sure to memorize it,  take a picture, and/or write it down….I cannot tell you enough that Latinos are getting fed up with Republican and Democratic politicians utilizing the immigration issue as a political futbol.

Buckmaster Show 2/18/2011

Posted on February 18, 2011 by buckmastershow

Today on Buckmaster- Pima County Sheriff Dupnik sits down with Bill and Mark Evans of the TucsonCitizen.com to discuss backlash from his comments on political civility. Following that, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly and Sarah Garrect Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star join the Reporters Roundtable to discuss the Arizona legislature, downtown Tucson, and recent reports on the Fox Theater. To close out the show, Matt Russell calls in to talk about the upcoming Tucson Rodeo, Chad’s Steakhouse and the new burger joint downtown.

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This is getting ridiculous, folks.  Absolutely ridiculous. Senator Krysten Sinema is trying to pull a rabbit-outta-the-hat-trick.  We wrote about our concerns we voiced to her with regard to SB 1225 here.

David Morales was voicing his frustrations regarding Sinema, and I chimed in by saying Sinema should be recalled.  That’s when I came across Karen Clifton, a Sinema apologist.  ‎Karen Clifton said Krysten wrote her saying:

“Steve [Gallardo] was in caucus and voiced no opposition to the bill [sb1225] during that meeting. That was Tuesday February 15th around 12:45 or so. The bill has passed this caucus, passed the Rules Committee, and will probably go to the floor next week.

I confirmed with Steve Gallardo’s office and discovered that Sinema is lying — again.  Gallardo’s office stated:

“Krysten was not in our caucus room when SB1225 was being discuss. It was decided by Dem members that SB1225 would be discuss in private.”

Who do you believe?  Well, to be honest with you, my knee jerk reaction is to never believe a Democrat.  Can you blame me?  After all, wasn’t it President Obama who told Latinos he was going to work on passing immigration reform within 90 days of his election?  He was able to pass Obamacare, so he sure as heck was able to pass Immigration Reform.  So, as you can see, I’m not too thrilled with the Dems.  On the other hand, I’m not happy with the Republicans either, especially the ones who demonize the immigrants to save their political necks because somehow we wound up living in the era of “Let’s hate all the Mexicans”.

By her own confession in her own press release, Sinema said she wanted to get “tough on immigration” regarding the SB 1225 bill.  She is in the business of over-criminalizing laws that are already on the books because she wants to appear “tough on immigration”.  Here’s the kicker:  SINEMA IS OPENING UP ANOTHER DANGEROUS DOOR AS SHE DID WITH JONATHAN PATON.  And that is why there is outcry within the Latino population.

We  have repeatedly told Sinema that SB 1225 reminded us of what occurred 3 or 4 years ago when she initially introduced a bill that was later taken over by Rep.  Jonathan Paton.  Paton in essence took and used her language – only to get it passed, and to this day, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has used her language.  She denied the claims made by our community and stated she would give us the evidence to prove otherwise.  We hope to see that evidence soon, but it has already been two weeks and we have not seen that raw evidence — just your typical run-around.

As a result of the increasing distrust, I expressed to Sinema that my base and other members of the Hispanic Community needed to see her kill the bill SB 1225.  Question is:  Will she kill the bill?  I think that if she doesn’t kill the bill, Latinos will never let her forget it, thereby killing her future political career.

I know that Paula Aboud (minority whip) is against it, and I definitely know that Steve Gallardo is against it.  It looks like Sinema will be the only Democrat to support SB 1225.

I am getting the sense that because Sinema brags about doing pro bono and charity work for the immigrant community, she wants Latinos to look the other way on SB 1225.  That’s your typical elitist Democratic behavior right there.  As David Morales puts it, Sinema wants to be that doctor who saves thousands of lives, but she wants people to ignore the one murder because she saved those lives.   David said it, not me.

Take a moment and write your legislators about SB1225!

Does anyone know how many signatures it would take to recall State Senator Sinema?

Subject: Democrats should not put their fingerprints on SB 1225
From: deedee@latinarepublican.com
Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 11:45 pm
To: bwheeler@azleg.gov, atovar@azleg.gov, msaldate@azleg.gov, dpatterson@azleg.gov, lpancrazi@azleg.gov, rmiranda@azleg.gov, emeyer@azleg.gov, dmccunedavis@azleg.gov, khobbs@azleg.gov, mheinz@azleg.gov, ahale@azleg.gov, sgonzales@azleg.gov, rgallego@azleg.gov, sfarley@azleg.gov, tchabin@azleg.gov, chcampbell@azleg.gov, barredondo@azleg.gov, lalston@azleg.gov, eableser@azleg.gov, paboud@azleg.gov, ocajerobedford@azleg.gov, sgallardo@azleg.gov, jjackson@azleg.gov, llandrum@azleg.gov, llopez@azleg.gov, rmeza@azleg.gov, dschapira@azleg.gov

Dear Representatives,

Our organization, Somos Republicans (somos is Spanish for “we are”), is strongly opposed to state and local immigration enforcement. We’ve seen what has happened here in Arizona, where there are too many anti-immigrant laws that are focused on over-criminalization. We have watched SB 1070 destroy our economy, and the continued foreclosures on Arizona homes can easily be attributed to the mass exodus we have all witnessed.

It is with deep regret now to see a Democratic State legislator, State Senator Krysten Sinema add fuel to the anti-immigrant fire by sponsoring laws that are already on the books. Sinema wants to over-criminalize SB1225, when we believe she should be focusing on jobs, the budget, and so much more.

I have been made aware that the Hispanic Democratic community will carry out a large rally and protest against Sinema. We are not the ones organizing same; however, we will show our support to the Democratic Hispanic sponsored rally because the message is going to be made strong, loud and clear: The Hispanic Community will strip party lines to jointly oppose any and all legislators who are in the business of over-criminalizing anti-immigrant laws in the state. We all know Arizona already has a reputation for its extreme rhetoric against the Hispanic community.

Sinema has boasted to me of her pro bono work towards immigrant causes. However, this does not mean it is okay for her to over-criminalize laws that are already on the books only to turn a blind eye. We have had enough with all of these laws focused on anti-immigration, and we are being bombarded with them every which way we turn. We realize we have our own extremists in our Party to contend with such as Pearce, Gould, Kavanaugh and more, however, Sinema is leading the Democratic Party down that slippery slope, too. I cannot tell you how fed up the Hispanic community is with regard to the onslaught of these anti-immigrant bills we are being bombarded with, but I can reassure you of this: WE ARE TRACKING EVERY SINGLE ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL, including the one (SB 1225) that is being sponsored by Sinema.

The Democratic Hispanic community is livid, in fact, I was just informed that Sinema said:

“Actually, I love Russell,” she said just in time for Valentine’s Day. “We get along very well, not always on policy matters, but on personal matters we do.”

We hope that every single Democratic legislator will not take the same path Sinema is on. Hispanics have been burned with SB 1070, and we have no choice but to be very aware of what is being introduced by both Republicans and Democrats.

We ask that you do not put your fingerprints on SB1225. If Sinema does not kill the SB1225 bill,SOMOS REPUBLICANS will have no choice but to put her on our 2012 “unfriendly to Hispanics” list. Thank you.

Warmest regards,

DeeDee Garcia Blase