MCSO suspends patrols for illegal immigrants
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
A federal court ruling that found that the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office engaged in racial-profiling
has managed to do what Sheriff Joe Arpaios critics have sought to do for years.
The agency no longer patrols the county looking for undocumented immigrants, and Arpaios
work-site enforcement raids have come to an end at least for now.
A hearing scheduled in U.S. District Court today will help determine exactly how Arpaios
agency trains its deputies and enforces laws in the future.
But, for now, the ruling has forced the Sheriffs Office to not only alter its approach to immigration
enforcement but also change the way the agency describes its work. For the past three weeks,
deputies who encountered undocumented immigrants have rescued the border crossers as
part of a humanitarian effort instead of arresting them on illegal-immigration charges.
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