Breaking: Arizona Voters to SB 1070 Architect: Papers, Please: Senate President Pearce Has Been Recalled.

“Cor, stone the crows! Did not see this coming.” David Brooks professes amazement in the pages of the New York Times. Senator McCain immediately booked on all Sunday’s talk shows. Governor Brewer has 15 days to set date for election.

Stinquer RML attending Duct Tape Expo and is unavailable for comment.

Oklahoma mom complains about son’s homework assignment: “‘English is our language… and I just feel it’s wrong that he would have to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America in Spanish. It’s just wrong,’ a frustrated Taggart told KFOR.” [Fox]

“Until now she has declined to comment on whether the former housekeeper should be deported. But Wednesday, in an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Whitman answered the question head on. ‘Well, the answer is it breaks my heart, but she should be deported because she forged documents and she lied about her immigration status,’ Whitman said.” [LAT, via TPM]

“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.” [Las Vegas Sun]

While we were out amusing ourself in Bozoland, Sharron Angle and David Vitter were apparently raiding the same stock-photo house to frighten the bejeezus out of voters. A quick search of istockphoto.com for “latino gang” — “129 search results for Latin American and Hispanic Ethnicity AND Gang Member” — doesn’t turn up any matches, but we’re sure the original’s out there somewhere.

Angle And Vitter Use The Same Photo Of ‘Illegal Aliens’ In Racially-Tinged Attack Ads [ThinkProgress]

“The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County, accusing him and his agency of stonewalling a probe into policing practices that some call discriminatory against Hispanics.” [WSJ]

“Two-thirds fewer illegal immigrants entered the country last year than crossed U.S. borders each year between 2000 and 2005, according to a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center. The total number of illegal immigrants living in the country has dropped by 8 percent to 11.1 million, down from a peak of 12 million in 2007.” [Yahoo]