Arizona’s Department of Public Safety lauds its immigration efforts From: azcentral.com

Another Arizona law-enforcement agency is joining the growing ranks of those touting their efforts at tackling problems arising from illegal immigration. The Department of Public Safety on Monday released statistics that showed officers of a specialized unit have discovered 40 drophouses since the unit started investigations six months ago, arresting 99 suspected human smugglers and nearly 500 suspected illegal immigrants in the process.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has frequently contended that his agency is the only one in Arizona enforcing immigration laws, and privately DPS officials conceded that they want to differentiate the efforts of its Illegal Immigration Prevention and Apprehension Co-op Team from those of the Sheriff’s Office forces. “*

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