Guest Voz: AZ Mayor Sees No Justice in One Sheriff’s Hunt for Undocumented Immigrants (Latina Lista)

By Hon. Rebecca Jimenez

The state of Arizona has enacted some of the most punitive legislation targeting undocumented immigrants. One man, Joe Arpaio, the Sheriff of Maricopa County, has made it his mission to root out the undocumented in the Phoenix area.

The Sheriff conducts “crime suppression sweeps” which means that he gathers a “posse” of law enforcement officials and they choose a likely spot where they might apprehend an undocumented immigrant.”*

*From: http://www.latinalista.net
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