A couple believed to be illegal aliens landed today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on a US Airways flight and were immediately arrested under the state's new immigration law. The flight crew became suspicious of the couple when the male suspect's size 18 red, white, and blue suede shoes kept tripping the flight attendants during beverage service. When the plane arrived at Sky Harbor, airport police were summoned and asked the couple for identification. When they could not provide legal papers showing that they were citizens of the United States or were in the country legally, they were taken into custody.
Airport police who interviewed the couple said they identified themselves as P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan Saucerhead from the planet Loones. When asked what they were doing in Arizona, the couple told authorities they were here to "Wave that flag, wave it wide and high." The police are consulting with Home Land Security on possible meanings to the statement. The large shoes of P.T. Barnum Saucerhead were sent to the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Virginia for analysis and testing. Police also confiscated the couple's backpack, which contained a map of the Milky Way and a poster of an Uncle Sam with the words "How do you do?" scrawled over "I want you."
As of late today, authorities were trying to figure out how to deport the couple back to Loones. Scientists from Arizona State University were all confused about the location of the planet and whether it was possible to return the couple to Loones.
Meanwhile, a group of concerned citizens were marching outside the county jailhouse where the couple is being held. Saucerhead supporters were shouting "no shoes, no peace" and "one nation, one size 18 shoe." A group of counter protesters formed across the street and were shouting "Country first, Saucerheads second," and carrying signs that read "Don't Step on Me -- Saucerheads out of Arizona."
When asked about the arrest, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer commented “My, oh my, Arizonans are safer now that the Saucerheads have come and gone. We don’t need the large shoes of the Saucerheads spoiling our desert and tripping our natural born citizens.”
