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Congressional Democrats and Liberal Activists
Force the Justice Department to Investigate Arizona Sheriff for Civil Rights
Violations of Illegal Aliens
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.)
In a letter dated March 10, 2009, Loretta Smith, acting assistant attorney
general at the DOJ, detailed what her department would be investigating:
"This is to inform you that the United States Department of Justice is
commencing an investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (''MCSO'')
pursuant to the pattern or practice provisions of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. §14141 ("Section 14141") and the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,42 U.S.C. § 3789d ("Safe
Streets Act"), and pursuant to the prohibitions against national origin
discrimination in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. §§
2000d to 2000d-7 ("Title Yr') and the Safe Streets Act, 42 U.S.C. §
3789d(c)."
The letter continues: "The investigation will focus on alleged patterns or
practices of discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches
and seizures conducted by the MCSO, and on allegations of national origin
discrimination, including failure to provide meaningful access to MCSO
services for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals."
"In conducting the investigation, we will seek to determine whether there
are violations of the above laws by the MCSO," the letter says.
Sheriff Arpaio's efforts to enforce immigration laws have been the focus of
previous criticism, but Arpaio has defended his department and the results
his ICE-trained officers have netted.
Concerning the DOJ’s investigation, Arpaio told CNSNews.com: “I will not
back down. What I am doing is upholding the laws of the state of Arizona,
and I will not be persuaded to turn my back on my oath of office as sheriff
of this county.”
In an August 2008 press release, Arpaio's office detailed those results.
"While the Sheriff’s illegal immigration and human smuggling operations
conducted on the streets and roadways here have netted nearly 2,300 arrests,
another very successful effort to locate illegal aliens has been quietly
happening inside Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails," the release
said.
It continues: "Despite the growing criticism of the Sheriff’s illegal
immigration fight by some valley politicians and activists, Sheriff Arpaio
says 60 detention officers trained by ICE officials have conducted over
106,000 interviews and investigations of inmates booked into jail since
April of 2007.
"In those 18 months, 16,000 inmates were determined to be illegal aliens.
Either they have already been deported or will be deported after being tried
and/or serving their sentences for crimes committed in the valley. The work
being done be Arpaio’s detention staff is a likely contributor to the recent
reduction in crime in the valley,” the press release added.
"That number of 16,000 represents a full one-third (1/3) of all inmates in
the United States who have had holds placed on them after being identified
by jail or prison officials as illegal aliens."
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.
The Democratic Congress members have also asked Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano to launch an investigation into the training provided by
ICE.
Justice Dept. Investigates Arizona Sheriff for Enforcing Immigration Law
Thursday, March 12, 2009 By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
www.cnsnews.com
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