Rick Romley was appointed to replaced Andrew Thomas mentioned below. This law means that not just the coyotes, but also the illegal aliens themselves, can be prosecuted because they participate in smuggling themselves. Now Romley refuses to follow the law!
Prosecution of migrant upheld by appeals court
Jul. 18, 2008
One day after Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced his office’s 750th successful prosecution under the 3-year-old human-smuggling law, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld his interpretation of the law.
Thomas called the unanimous three-judge decision “intellectually courageous” and said that it would “no doubt upset many political and media elites” who disagree with his immigration policies. (snip)
1. Women are brought across the border for purposes of prostitution. Some are willing participants, others are forced. Others are brought under false pretenses and then forced into prostitution. All these cases are human trafficking. The United States Government is on record as opposing human trafficking, so there should be no reluctance to prosecute the people involved.
2. People pay coyotes to bring them across the border, in violation of U.S. immigration policies. This is also human trafficking and the participants, coyotes, and the people who pay them, must be prosecuted for human trafficking.
3. Mexican nationals smuggle themselves across the border and try to find work. This is also human trafficking. The Mexican National has broken the law, and anyone hiring the person engages in human trafficking. Persons who knowingly hire illegals are complicit in human trafficking.
My view, is that those who are against the laws being enforced to stop illegals from entering, or the laws prosecuting the illegals who are caught, are by definition, supporters of human trafficking, and they need to be told to their faces.
A great point was made that the President of Mexico needs to be loudly criticized and asked why his country is so awful that his citizens need to escape. When is he, and when are the other political leaders, going to make conditions attractive enough for their own citizens to stay home and earn a good living? Put up or shut Calderon. Mexican politicians are responsible for the problems of the United States, and frankly, if they don't get a handle on this, they should be indicted and tried in an American court of law for aiding and abetting human trafficking.
The arrogance of the pro-illegal crowd.