Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio launches immigration sweep – AP
Ariz. sheriff launches immigration sweep
By JACQUES BILLEAUD (AP) – 13 hours ago
SURPRISE, Ariz. — An Arizona sheriff known for cracking down on people who are in the country illegally launched a crime and immigration sweep in northwestern metro Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose sweeps have led to allegations of racial profiling, said the rebuff from Washington won’t stop him. He said he can still arrest immigrants under a state smuggling law and a federal law that gives all local police agencies more limited power to detain suspected illegal immigrants.
“It doesn’t bother me, because we are going to do the same thing,” said Arpaio, whose deputies had arrested 16 people by Friday evening on unspecified charges. “I am the elected sheriff. I don’t take orders from the federal government.”
The officers were participating in a federal program that grants a limited number of local police departments special powers to make immigration arrests and speed up deportation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stripped Arpaio of his power to let 100 deputies make federal immigration arrests, but renewed another agreement that allows 60 jails officers to determine the immigration status of people in jail.
via The Associated Press: Ariz. sheriff launches immigration sweep.
Who came to this Land First, did you and your Ancestors get Permission to come and take the Land. I didn’t get their Permission either!
I Hope he has his final Immigration Papers in Order,
White Anglo Saxons crying fowl, after ripping off the Apache, Hopi and justice lockem up on a reservation. Don’t need to get any immigration paper from them, we go by the Golden Rule whoever has the Gold and Guns Rules.
While others want to Escape the Tranny, Exploitation Corruption now it is Illegal, Hypocrites now demand you got get their permission.
To the Immigrants come if you want, work for what you get, theirs no free lunch. Should have the Israeli Approach ABC CAMPS KIBBUTS TO HELP INTEGRATE
We Anglo Saxons are on this land by means of your method, gold + guns = rules. Like it or not this is prevalent throughout history.
Illegal immigrants have brought back tuberculosis and many other diseases. They do not pay taxes which would help pay for the millions of dollars in free healthcare they receive. Oh, and thank you El Salvador for giving us the most violent gang in the US – MS13. And now we have the worst violence along the southern border ever.
Illegals fail to assimilate, they dont want to learn English or integrate with the country they so desire to become a part of. It’s like stealing a car, you want the car but you don’t want to make the investment required to own it or keep it up.
History. Ellis Island. Those coming from Europe were turned away if they were ill or without a minimal amount of money. Illegals are crossing the border and killing ranchers cattle and stealing from them, spreading trash across the land. Why don’t they put all that effort into making their homeland a better place?
CLARIFICATION: I only used the term Anglo Saxons because of the previous post’s reference. This country consists of fantastic people form all over the world who have chosen to adopt the language and ideals of the American culture resulting in becoming Americans.
He’s got my vote! To bad the rest of the states don’t have the balls like the sheriff does.
Think about the word ILLEGAL you idiots…T. Hunter
What’s the matter with the illegals? Don’t they know this is a dictatorship run by fascists like Arpaio? Coupled with the Patriot Act and its own equivalent of the Nuremberg Laws, the US has the worst human rights record on the planet.
And, oh by the way, it’s all George Bush’s fault.
Someone better inform other potential immigrants of these facts before they make the same mistake and end up in concentration camps.