Arizona governor signs immigrant drop house bill

[The Northerner]

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that would make it a felony to use forgery to rent or buy a home to be used as an immigrant-smuggling "drop house."

The bill signed on Monday would make the offense punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Drop houses are homes, apartments or motel rooms where immigrant smugglers hide their customers after they have crossed the border but before they are sent to destinations across the United States.

Police have discovered numerous drop houses in metropolitan Phoenix in recent years. The city is the nation's busiest hub for immigrant smuggling.

The measure takes effect on July 20.

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[blondeatlast]

1. If it sin't retroactive, it won't do any good. they aren't coming anymore--there's no jobs.

Gawd, I loathe my state's politics.

[ejpoeta]

2. imagine if americans were jumping the fence to get into mexico.

i can see it happening someday. not right now of course with the drug war down there. but i can see a scenario where we end up a third world country and people are trying to go to mexico. i think that would be ironic.