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  • 14 APRIL 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: People drink in a bar in Gila Bend, AZ. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: A woman arrested by MCSO deputies in rural Maricopa county awaits transport to the county jail. Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department run an anti-smuggling operation along I-8 near Gila Bend, AZ. Deputies arrested 12 illegal immigrants from Mexico during the operation. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: Handcuffed undocumented immigrants walk to a waiting transport van after being arrested on Old King's Highway near Gila Bend Wednesday. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: Maricopa County Deputy Jason Schweizer, RIGHT, walks Ruben Tiscareno, from San Luis, AZ, to a waiting patrol car after he arrested Tiscareno for a driving a pick up truck full of undocumented immigrants on Old King's Highway north of Gila Bend Wednesday morning. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: Undocumented Immigrants handcuffed together on the side of a road. Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department run an anti-smuggling operation along I-8 near Gila Bend, AZ. Deputies arrested 12 illegal immigrants from Mexico during the operation. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on Freeman Rd, south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: A man arrested by MCSO deputies bows his head while resting on the hood of a patrol car in rural Maricopa county. Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department run an anti-smuggling operation along I-8 near Gila Bend, AZ. Deputies arrested 12 illegal immigrants from Mexico during the operation. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: A MCSO Deputy talks to illegal immigrants arrested in rural Maricopa county. Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department run an anti-smuggling operation along I-8 near Gila Bend, AZ. Deputies arrested 12 illegal immigrants from Mexico during the operation. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz  PHOTO ILLUSTRATION, MANIPULATED WITH SOFTWARE
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  • July 12 - GILA BEND, AZ: Signs warning recreational users of the Sonoran Desert National Monument of the dangers of encountering illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on BLM Road 8018c south of Gila Bend, AZ, off of Interstate 8. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put up the signs at entrances to the Sonoran Desert National Monument after off roaders reported being shot at by unknown parties and a deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Department was fired on and nearly killed by suspected drug dealers. The signs have ignited a firestorm in Arizona politics, conservatives and anti-immigration activists assert that the signs are proof that illegal immigration and drug smuggling is out of control in the area while others suggest that the danger is overstated and the signs are hurting Arizona tourism. A BLM spokesperson said no one has been hurt in the area by confirmed smugglers and that there are very few encounters between smugglers and tourists or off roaders in the monument.    Photo by Jack Kurtz  PHOTO ILLUSTRATION, MANIPULATED WITH SOFTWARE
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