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ICE: If Arpaio continues sweeps, it will be under state, not federal, law (access required)

By Jeremy Duda

Published: October 16, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Now that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s federal authority to arrest illegal immigrants during crime-suppression sweeps has ended, any future sweeps and immigration enforcement he engages in will be under the authority of state law, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In an Oct. 16 conference call with reporters, John Morton, the U.S. Department of …

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