Eye Openers + Phoenix Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 23, 2009

No Probable Cause? No Problem!: A U.S. Citizen Says He Was Detained Without Probable Cause by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Then Jailed for Traffic Violations

November 18, 2009

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.

November 2, 2009

FBI investigating Joe Arpaio for using deputies to intimidate critics

October 26, 2009

Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her

October 17, 2009

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week.

August 21, 2009

ACLU sues Arpaio in immigration raid – The suit says Julian Mora is a legal U.S. resident and his 19-year-old son Julio is a citizen. Nevertheless, they were handcuffed for more than three hours as deputies questioned dozens of workers.

August 11, 2009

Joe Arpaio-Supporting, Gun-Toting Nativists Menace Children’s March for Family Unity

July 14, 2009

Hispanic males are now majority in Maricopa County jails -Arizona

June 25, 2009

It’s a win for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The County Board of Supervisors has voted to give County Attorney Andrew Thomas $1.4 million to enforce employer sanctions laws — and part of that money will go to Sheriff Joe Arpaio to help combat illegal immigration.

Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton

June 17, 2009

Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans, Signs on as “Special Deputy” Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio

June 5, 2009

White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal – Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Obama administration to do anything in the near future about immigration reform, or yanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) authority

March 13, 2009

Wal-Mart looks to Hispanic market in expansion drive – The pilot stores, named Supermercado de Walmart, will open in Phoenix and Houston

July 29, 2008

Latino Bar Business Down on Big Fight Night, Thanks to Sheriff Joe What’s-His-Name (Arpaio)

July 21, 2008

Immigrant arrests sever parents, children

April 12, 2008

Arizona Anti-Defamation League calls on U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bogus “crime suppression sweeps.”

March 31, 2008

Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon: Arpaio immigration raids are ‘made-for-TV stunts’

February 19, 2008

2007 Retrospective: The Local War on the Undocumented – Phoenix, Arizona

February 18, 2008

Phoenix Police to Check Arrestees’ Immigrant Status

January 14, 2008

Mexican family wants confiscated license back – Arizona

January 11, 2008

Immigration Fallout Seen In Schools – Phoenix

An Immigration Boiling Point Cools Down – Phoenix

Showdown in Arizona, Where Mariachis and Minutemen Collide – Phoenix

December 9, 2007

Outside Phoenix store, border debate rages on

November 14, 2007

Spanish-Language Radio Station Slams Police for Describing Suspect as ‘Hispanic’ – Phoenix