‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Joe Arpaio Sues President Obama Over Immigration Plan

[big_dog]

Source: The New York Daily News-2 hours ago

An Arizona police chief who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" sued Barack Obama soon after the U.S. president imposed sweeping immigration reforms, saying the changes were unconstitutional. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose force used racial profiling during a crackdown on illegal migrants last year according to a judge, said Obama has overstepped his powers by bypassing Congress and bringing in the changes himself.

Arpaio's lawsuit said the reforms, which eased the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants, amounted to an amnesty and would encourage more people to cross the border illegally. The biggest overhaul to immigration in a generation has set up a confrontation between the president and Republicans, who took full control of Congress this month and also said the president had gone too far by imposing the changes.

It was Obama's biggest use of executive actions in a year in which they have become his signature way of working around congressional gridlock. &quot Obama's immigration) programs are unconstitutional abuses of the President's role in our nation's constitutional architecture and exceed the powers of the President within the U.S. Constitution," read Arpaio's complaint filed in a federal court in Washington. The White House could not be immediately reached for comment on the lawsuit.

An Arizona federal judge May 2013 ruled that deputies of Arpaio's office had racially profiled Latino drivers. The judge ordered that race no longer be used as a factor in law enforcement decisions and appointed a court monitor to oversee Arpaio's operations. Arpaio has denied that racial profiling occurred and has appealed against the judge's ruling.


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[NYC_SKP]

1. Is that asscrack still in office? Shit, I'm gonna sue him for stupid.

Stupid in the first degree.

[valerief]

7. ^^^THIS^^^

[bjobotts]

18. He's not the "toughest sheriff" just the biggest mouth/least integrity

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. He is worried he won't have anyone left to harrass!

[underpants]

3. You know Apaio is getting acut from the coyotes

In fact some of his deputies got busted for that if memory serves

[Xipe Totec]

4. That boy had chewed one too many peyotes. nt

[Gothmog]

5. Sheriff Joe is senile

[albino65]

6. Who's paying to litigate this? n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Dismissed! Joe, you have no standing before the court!

[C Moon]

9. To me this makes it obvious that he uses racial profiling. Lying piece of dirt.

[louis-t]

10. Says a guy who has never read the Constitution.

I bet he wears women's underwear.

[Stryst]

22. Does his underwear choice have any relevence here?

I personally think the guy is scum. And I'm trying not to be overly sensitive, but your post seems to be casually disrespectful to the thousands of cross dressers in America who aren't racist jerks.

[KamaAina]

11. Simple solution: Find him in contempt for filing a frivolous lawsuit,

throw him in the clink, and put a pair of pink underwear on him.

[cosmicone]

12. Joe Arpaio should be hanged with a pink rope

while wearing pink lingerie.

[Tom Ripley]

16. +1000

[geretogo]

13. I'll bet David Koch promised this racist half wit money for a new sheriffs office and new police car .

[freshwest]

17. Nah, it'll go straight into Joe's offshore accounts. All the GOP gangsters have those.

[The Jungle 1]

14. cleansing agent

Joe is a used bag of vinegar water.

Arrest the cheating, low life, Un-American, employers who abuse the immigrants.

[Archae]

15. Arpaio's "toughness" has cost Mariocopa county millions and millions.

But he never learns.

[Darb]

19. What a farkin kook.

I patiently wait for the day when racists like this expire, as he most certainly will.

[jmowreader]

20. There are a few typos in this article

'America's Most Corrupt Sheriff' Sues President Obama for Doing His Job

An Arizona law enforcement officer who was voted "Most Likely To Get Thrown In His Own Jail" in his police-school yearbook sued the president for implementing sweeping immigration reform without the assistance of Congress, even though Congress had repeatedly refused to pass any sort of immigration reform whatsoever.

[Midnight Writer]

21. FoxNews ran Sheriff Joe instead of Obama's LV speech today