All last week the people of Phoenix witnessed public outbursts by their sheriff, Joe Arpaio, as he railed against the Department of Homeland Security for supposedly trying to limit his ability to enforce federal immigration laws. He vowed to keep scouring Maricopa County for people whose clothing, accents and behavior betrayed them as likely illegal [...]
The controversial agreement that authorized Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies to act as federal immigration agents on the streets appears to have ended, Arpaio said late Friday afternoon.
The sheriff said he signed a new agreement Friday that will allow deputies and detention officers to continue screening every inmate booked into Maricopa County jails to determine their [...]
Two Massachusetts law enforcement agencies have announced that they are no longer enrolled in a controversial program that allows them enforce federal immigration laws.
The Framingham police and the Barnstable County sheriff’s department announced Thursday they were withdrawing from the federal program immigrant advocates said deterred immigrants from reporting crimes.
Framingham Chief Steven Carl said [...]
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is not interested in pursuing illegal immigrants because of their status, Sheriff Jerry Demings told a crowd of 300 people — most of them immigrants — gathered Monday night for an “immigration dialogue.”
They were part of an event organized by the Federation of Congregations United to Serve, a coalition of [...]
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