Illegal Aliens Arrested at Phoenix Protest
"For years, dozens of day laborers have gathered near Pruitt's and along a
stretch of Thomas Road, between 32nd and 36th streets. They are drawn to the area by a busy home-improvement store and its customers, who hire them to paint, landscape and do other manual labor. Many residents and business owners don't want them there, and tensions have escalated, which last year led to protests and counterprotests," the Arizona Republic reports. "About 200 [protestors] gathered Saturday near 35th Street and Thomas Road, about half to support the mostly undocumented day laborers who look for work in the area, and half to oppose them. For the first time during the protests, deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested eight people nearby on suspicion of violating immigration laws. None of those arrested were protesters."
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