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Women immigrants tell of life in fear thanks to ‘Papers, please’ laws
Women immigrants from Arizona, Alabama and Georgia are living in fear after laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 have been put into place. In a conference call sponsored by We Belong Together, a coalition of women’s rights and immigrant rights organizations, Ampardo (women’s last names are withheld to ensure safety), a…
Arpaio claims he ‘saved’ 6-year-old immigrant by arresting her
Maricopa Country Sheriff Joe Arpaio is insisting that he “saved” a 6-year-old girl, who he believes was brought to the country illegally, by arresting her. The Arizona Republic reported last week that the controversial Arizona sheriff’s office had arrested the 6-year-old and 15 other people on the very day that…
Hundreds protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ‘tent city’ jail
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of people have protested in the southwestern US city of Phoenix over the controversial jail tents set up by an Arizona sheriff sued for alleged discrimination against Latinos. Demonstrators sang at the candlelight vigil late Saturday and demanded the closure of the “Tent City” set up…
Justice Department sues Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio for ‘targeting Latinos’
The U.S. Department of Justice held a press conference this afternoon to announce its lawsuit against controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for engaging “in a pattern or practice of unlawful discriminatory police conduct directed at Latinos in Maricopa County,” according to “Talking Points Memo.” Arpaio and his office, says the…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s top lawyer disbarred, facing criminal charges
(UPDATED BELOW) They were Republican Arizona’s golden boys, the plain-spoken, get-tough sheriff and his legal and political foil, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and attorney Andrew Thomas. According to a post at Talking Points Memo, Thomas “might have had a bright career in Arizona politics,” but instead is today facing disbarment, criminal…
Arpaio asks Selective Service System for assistance in ‘birther’ investigation
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday requested assistance from the U.S. Selective Service System as part of his ongoing investigation into President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. “While my office will continue pursuing this investigation, I have spoken of the need to enlist the aid of other agencies,” Arpaio said in…
Joe Arpaio: ‘Latinos love me’
In a heated interview with Univision host Jorge Ramos this past weekend, controversial Maricopa Country, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed that Latinos actually love him. The Al Punto host wasn’t hesitant to tell Arpaio directly that he “was the face of racism and discrimination” to many Latinos, prompting the tea…
Arpaio deputy shot, killed on burglary call
William Coleman, 50, deputy to controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona, was shot and killed on Sunday while responding to a burglary call in Phoenix. The suspect, a 40-year-old man who deputies found in a van behind a medical building around 4 a.m., opened fire right away, killing Coleman.…
Feds: Sheriff Arpaio’s immigrant crackdowns often illegal
Update (below): Department of Homeland Security cuts Arpaio off from key immigration database Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona have long engaged in the “unconstitutional policing” of Latino communities, the Department of Justice alleged Thursday in a scathing report released after two years of detailed…
Cain: Electrocuting immigrants quip was just a joke — but not really
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday that while he was joking about an electric border fence, he’s not ruling it out as a possibility. Over the weekend, Cain told NBC’s David Gregory that America needed to get a sense a humor about his suggestion that immigrants trying to cross…
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