News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Napolitano signs bill to fix immigrant smuggling law

May 4, 7:08 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Janet Napolitano on Friday signed a bill intended to help prosecutors use a 2005 state law targeting immigrant smugglers.

The bill (HB2016) extends the time that state authorities can detain an illegal immigrant so they can testify against people accused of being their smugglers.

Some prosecutors have said they couldn't file charges in smuggling cases because witnesses were sent back across the border by federal authorities before preparations were complete.

The bill would extend the amount of time authorities could hold illegal immigrants from three days to seven days. The added time would give prosecutors more time to record their testimony and corroborate allegations against smugglers.

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