Arpaio to launch 16th crime, immigration sweep
Published: June 16, 2010 at 7:14 am
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he plans to launch his 16th crime and immigration sweep on July 30, the day after Arizona’s new immigration law is set to take effect.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t revealed where it will conduct the sweep.
During the sweeps, deputies flood an area of a city — in some cases heavily Latino areas — to seek out traffic violators and arrest other alleged lawbreakers.
Arizona’s new immigration law requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person’s immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.
Critics who are challenging the law have asked a judge to block enforcement of the law before it takes effect July 28.
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June 16th, 2010 at 7:41 am
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June 16th, 2010 at 9:27 am
right on Sheriff Joe, thank you!
June 18th, 2010 at 6:30 am
I love Arizona, but Arpaio, Pearce, and the rest of their ilk have really made us into a backward-looking, redneck-loving cesspool. Have fun with this now because you have stirred up a huge voting block that will reverse this state’s Glenn Beck loving, forward thinking blocking overseers.