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October 09, 2009
DHS Revokes Arpaio's Authority to Enforce Illegal Immigration Laws According to the Department of Homeland Security, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will no longer have the authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. Succumbing to pressure from civil-rights, labor, religious and pro-immigrant groups that invited the Federal Governments attention DHS announced that claims of abuse of power and racial profiling have led DHS to re-think its 287(g) enforcement agreement the Maricopa County Sheriffs office had with ICE. It should be noted that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has a history of opposing state-local cooperation in immigration enforcement and seems intent on pushing the Administration's agenda to weaken any successful immigration enforcement program. During a press conference Tuesday Sheriff Arpaio stated that the decision by DHS is political, and also mentioned that he had no plans to stop his "crime suppression sweeps." Read all about it in this article in Examiner.com. |
