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Bill would require sheriffs, state prisons to partner with feds on immigration
Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the county sheriff departments throughout the state and the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry to collaborate with the federal government on immigration enforcement.
Ugenti’s committee to tackle Colorado City, immigration issues
A decision by the Obama administration to sever agreements that authorized local law enforcers to check people’s legal status will get its first public hearing by a legislative body tomorrow.
The hearing starts at 1:30 p.m. in the House.
Feds mum on Arpaio’s upcoming crime sweep
In response to the loss of his agreement with the federal government that authorized his agency to enforce immigration law on the streets, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pushed up the date of his next crime suppression sweep to Oct. 16 and said he would deliver any illegal immigrants found by his deputies to the Border Patrol. Federal officials aren't saying how they will react if he makes goo[...]
Sheriff Joe, a non-existent U.S. law and the next crime sweep
"You said some nasty things about me. I take it that way." That's how my conversation with Sheriff Joe started. He was offended that I had said on television that he was trying to use a non-existent federal law to justify the continuation of his crime-suppression sweeps.
