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Justice Served – Illegal immigrant gets $48,000 in suit against border agents

Published on 2009/11/30 by in Uncategorized

Mike Carter of the Seattle Times reports that the federal government has paid an illegal immigrant $48,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was assaulted and illegally arrested by two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents while waiting for his 6-year-old son at a bus stop. The violent and public June 12, 2006, arrest of

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DOJ Investigators take depositions in investigation of Arpaio

Published on 2009/09/19 by in News & Views

Justice Department investigators have met with religious and community leaders to hear testimonies on the anti-immigrant practices of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Complaints of racial profiling in traffic stops, and physical and verbal abuse in the jails have mounted against deputies of the controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio for the last couple of years. But

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