Arizona Sheriff Investigated for Enforcing Immigration Law

Tom Skypek — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:02:01 +0000

No, I’m not kidding. This isn’t a joke. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is under investigation by the Department of Justice for simply doing his job and enforcing U.S. immigration law. This is only the latest reminder to us all that elections have consequences and that the Obama administration sees nothing wrong with illegal immigration.

From CNSNews.com:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona following requests by congressional Democrats and allegations by liberal activists that the department has violated the civil rights of illegal aliens.

Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Robert Scott (D-Va.) requested the investigation, and activists groups such as National Day Laborer Organizer Network and ACORN launched petition drives and rallies in support of the probe.

The investigation focuses on Sheriff Joe Arpaio and dozens of officers under his command who were trained through the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security (ACCESS), which partners federal and local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws. (The Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division is known popularly as ICE.)

John Conyers, Jerrold Nadler, Zoe Lofgren and Robert Scott: are you for real? What happened to law and order? This is beyond absurd. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that ACORN was also involved in launching this probe.

The press release goes on to say that 20 percent of inmates in the Maricopa County Jail are illegal aliens and that of those, 2,000 illegal aliens – 70 percent – were arrested for felony crimes.

Those felony crimes committed included the following: forgery, 12 percent; kidnapping, 10 percent; aggravated assault, 7 percent; driving under the influence, 7 percent; drug charges, 27 percent; robbery, 3 percent; murder, 3 percent; and theft, 4 percent.

So, not only did these individuals knowingly break the law by entering the U.S. illegally, but then they proceeded to commit felonies–and it is Joe Arpaio who is investigated? Come on. Sheriff Arpaio is an American hero. These goof ball congressmen should be honoring his loyal service and diligent law enforcement efforts, not investigating him. This type of liberalism only weakens this country.

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Arizona Sheriff Investigated for Enforcing Immigration Law