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October 14, 2009
Sheriff Arpaio to Face Off with Feds over Illegal Aliens
Posted by The MaryHunter at October 14, 2009 10:05 AM
Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a "Profiles in Countermoonbattery" laureate and living legend among law-abiding U.S. citizens, is staring down liberal idiocy on illegal immigration once again. This time his target is Nappy Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security. Starting this Friday, there's to be a showdown:
The sheriff has announced he will defy the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by doing a street sweep for illegal immigrants one day after the expiration of the agreement that has permitted him to conduct such operations for the past three years. The sheriff has said he expects the deal not to be extended, though federal officials have remained publicly noncommittal.
Deputies, and Sheriff Arpaio, will stake out an intersection somewhere in the Phoenix metro area to stop cars for traffic violations - everything from speeding to broken taillights to driving while intoxicated. Both drivers and passengers will be held if deputies determine that they are illegal immigrants - regardless of how minor was the initial infraction.
Sheriff Arpaio claims jurisdiction under a 1996 federal law that allows police to briefly detain people if there is cause to think said folks might be in the country illegally. This is where it will get fun:
"We will call Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] to see if they will take them from us," Sheriff Arpaio told The Washington Times. "And if they tell me to let them go, I guess I'll have to transport them myself to the border [about 175 miles] and turn them over to the Border Patrol."
What's more:
…he will announce on his Web site the Friday sweep's location shortly before it happens, enough time so protesters can show up: "The same ones who are out in front of my building every day calling me Hitler and a Nazi. I'm the poster boy for the open borders crowd."
If more of our law enforcement leader had the cohones of Sheriff Arpaio, just imagine the national and state budget savings in healthcare, entitlements, and prisons due to a reduced load of uninsured illegals clogging the system.
On a tip from Penelope.
