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Arpaio: Grijalva Is The One Who Should Resign

Jillian Rayfield | December 5, 2011, 6:45PM

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio dismissed Rep. Raul Grijalva's calls for his resignation, saying that Grijalva just doesn't like Arpaio's immigration policies, and he is the one who should resign.

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Topics: Arizona, Joe Arpaio, Raul Grijalva, Sex Crimes

Grijalva Calls For Arpaio To Resign Over Alleged Botched Sex-Crime Cases

Jillian Rayfield | December 5, 2011, 4:54PM

Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva called for Joe Arpaio to resign after accusations that the Maricopa County Sheriff botched over 400 sex-crime investigations in a period of three years.

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Topics: Arizona, Joe Arpaio, Raul Grijalva, Sex Crimes

Voter Fraud Allegations In Yuma County Turn Out Baseless

Rachel Slajda | October 26, 2010, 11:54AM

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)

After the Yuma Sun reported that an SEIU-affiliated group, Mi Familia Vota, had been working on get-out-the-vote activities in Yuma County's Hispanic communities, several right-wing blogs, lead by Publius Pundit, began sounding the voter fraud alarm.

Publius Pundit, a supporter of the Republican challenger to Rep. Raul Grijalva, wrote that "voter fraud on a massive scale could be taking place," claiming that 3,000 new voter registration applications were dropped off at once and 65 percent were invalid. (Neither of which, if true, would be evidence of fraud.) The blogger, Maria Carvajal, also noted the "statistical improbability" that most of the registrations were Democratic.

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Topics: Arizona, Raul Grijalva, voter fraud

Immigration

Tea Partiers Riding To Arizona's Rescue

Zachary Roth | May 14, 2010, 1:17PM

At a tea party in Washington, D.C. in 2009

Tea Party activists are riding to Arizona's rescue in the state's time of need.

Conservative activists recently launched a "Buycott", urging people to support and do business with several Arizona-based companies, including US Airways, Best Western, and U-Haul.* And others are planning a rally to "Stand With Arizona."

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Topics: Gina Loudon, Immigration, Raul Grijalva, Tea Parties, Tea Party Patriots

Immigration

Phoenix Says Immigration Law Boycott Is Causing 'Near Economic Crisis'

Zachary Roth | May 13, 2010, 3:02PM

Illegal immigrants are searched before being deported

The City of Phoenix -- a convention hot-spot -- is facing a "near economic crisis" caused by lost revenue stemming from organizations canceling events in response to Arizona's controversial immigration law, according to its mayor.

In the wake of the bill's passage last month, immigration rights leaders, including Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), have called for a nationwide boycott of the state. This week, at the request of Mayor Phil Gordon, a study was presented to the city council on the potential economic impact of canceled trips.