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NEWS ABOUT: Joe Arpaio

Joe Arpaio stories: 2 news summaries

Ariz. Sheriff Defies Feds with Immigration Sweep

Arpaio continues arresting suspected illegal immigrants despite loss of powers

Oct 16, 09 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "toughest sheriff in America" isn't going to let anything stop him enforcing the law—not even the law. Joe Arpaio launched crime and immigration sweeps in Phoenix yesterday in defiance of a federal order stripping his deputies of the right to make immigration arrests in the field. "... More »

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Arizona • illegal immigration • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • sheriff • Homeland Security • Joe Arpaio

 Feds Rein In Fiery Sheriff 
 on Immigration Checks 

Joe Arpaio calls officials 'liars,' vows to continue sweeps

Oct 7, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” was not pleased. Homeland Security yesterday stripped Joe Arpaio’s deputies of the power to make immigration arrests in the field as though they were ICE agents, sending the flamboyant Phoenix-area cop into a sputtering, rambling outburst, the New York Times reports.... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • illegal immigration • Homeland Security • Joe Arpaio

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