bosforus world: Drop House Drop Outs: Are They Even Trying Anymore?

There were two drop house busts in Phoenix in the last two days. The first was last night in Glendale (no surprise there) where 7 illegals were found, the second was early this morning in Paradise Valley (east Phoenix) where 50 illegals were found. AZcentral.com has some video of the east Phoenix drop house and I'll head out there this weekend (there are so many drop houses being found now a days that I may have to do something with it).

The significance of the Glendale drop house, as opposed to the insignificance of the other drop houses where the coyotes basically imprison illegals that have paid thousands of dollars to get them across the border only to end up being kept in a house and often abused, physically or sexually, is that this drop house was reported through a hotline setup by Sheriff Joe Arpaio a month ago. The hotline was recently criticized by Latino leaders and faith-based organizations who say that a hotline where people report suspicious activity will bring about racism. It'll be interesting to see if there is a response from them in this case. I doubt it. Here is a quote from the article:

The hotline, they say, perpetuates a climate of fear within the immigrant community, raises the chance of racial profiling and opens the possibility for people to take revenge on former friends and family.

"What right does he have to investigate people based on the color of their skin, or their accent or the way they look," said Phoenix attorney Antonio Bustamante. "I want him to stop this nonsense and enforce criminal law instead of going after landscapers and nannies. He needs to stop this hotline."

I have not been able to find the reason why the caller decided to report this house. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that there was no nanny inside and no landscaping was taking place.

Here are some pics.

Hey, look, someone other than a blogger is here! And I thought it was going to be difficult to find the house. All I had were the cross streets. It's Sarah Acevedo from Fox10, the award-winning journalist whose favorite part of the day is hitting the street, or so the Fox10 website would have us believe.