Dec 19, 2011
Joe Arpaio likes to call himself America's toughest sheriff. But the Department of Justice reached a different conclusion last week about the lawman from Arizona's Maricopa County: He helped nurture a "culture of bias" in his department, it reported after a three-year investigation, that led to discriminatory behavior and...
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Republican Rep. Steve King is defending Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio against Justice Department charges of committing civil rights violations against Latinos in Maricopa County.
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In a strongly worded critique of the country's best-known sheriff, the Justice Department on Thursday accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio of engaging in "unconstitutional policing" by unfairly targeting Latinos for detention and arrest and retaliating against those who complain.
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The Justice Department on Thursday accused a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement of widespread discrimination against Hispanics, saying Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department illegally detained Hispanic residents and denied them critical services in jail.
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This week's Supreme Court decision to weigh in on the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law, SB1070, will have an enormous effect on the course of the national immigration debate and, potentially, on the direction of the nation as a whole.
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Dec 15, 2011
As the Department of Justice's investigation has shown, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's discriminatory practices and abuses of power have made him a Bull Connor for the 21st century. Below are some of the highlights--or rather, lowlights--of Arpaio's career.
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The United States Department of Justice took a strong and welcome step towards ending Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror. Thomas Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil rights, went right into Arpaio's backyard to deliver this report, holding a press conference in Phoenix to release...
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Today, the Department of Justice will release the results of its investigation of the notoriously anti-immigrant Sheriff of Maricopa Country: Joe Arpaio. Via ABC 15 in Phoenix, at 10 AM MT/1 PM ET, the United States Department of Justice will announce the results of its investigation of Arpaio.
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One down. Now, activists who oppose Arizona's hard line against undocumented immigrants say, it's time for another to go. The group that led the recall effort against former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, who shaped Arizona's law cracking down on illegal immigration, plans to ask county officials to seek...
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Dec 14, 2011
Next year, the Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the noxious immigration law passed in Arizona in 2010. The justices are expected to consider whether states may adopt laws that take the lead on immigration enforcement.
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