Department of Homeland Security decertifies Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Open Border Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security has stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio also known simply as “Sheriff Joe” of his authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. More from the East Valley Tribune:

But Arpaio said Tuesday he plans to continue his controversial “crime suppression operations,” despite DHS’s decision to not renew an agreement that would allow the sheriff to continue immigration enforcement on the streets.

“It’s all politics,” said Arpaio, who spent much of an afternoon news conference Tuesday wagging his finger, waving his arms and snarling at reporters.

Arpaio will have some immigration powers under an agreement signed Friday. His 60 detention officers in the county jails will still have the authority to check the immigration status of people they book.

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October 7, 2009 · Filed Under Illegal Immigration


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