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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 18th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 17th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week.

Department of Homeland Security should revoke the 287(g) program until there is immigration reform

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 7th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

An Arizona sheriff known for aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration has been stripped of some of his special power to enforce federal immigration law, and he claims the Obama administration is taking away his authority for political reasons. – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio

ICE Should Terminate Maricopa County 287(g) Agreement – Scaling Back Sheriff Arpaio’s Immigration Enforcement Authority Does Not Go Far Enough, Says ACLU

“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”

Over 500 Organizations Demand White House End Flawed State And Local Immigration Enforcement Program – Federal 287(g) Program Results In Illegal Profiling And Threatens Public Safety, Say Groups

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 14th, 2009

Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 3rd, 2009

The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. The Homeland Security Department wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., to stop arresting illegal immigrants whose only crime was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without documents.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 14th, 2009

Hispanic males are now majority in Maricopa County jails -Arizona

National Council of La Raza Elects New Board Chair and Welcomes Four New Members to Board of Directors

Arizona’s Hispanic population soaring – in Maricopa County the figure is up to 31 percent from less than 25 percent at the beginning of the decade. Pima County saw the share of residents who said they are Hispanic go from 29.3% in 2000 to more than 33% now.

House Hearing Will Examine Illegal Profiling and Police Misconduct By Local Law Enforcement Acting As Federal Immigration Agents – U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Should Suspend Agreements With Local And State Law Enforcement, Says ACLU

Ten Republican congressmen — including one from North Carolina — said Wednesday that a civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office could have a chilling effect on other state and local police agencies that seek to crack down on illegal immigration.

The federal government’s decision to investigate Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged civil rights abuses was praised Thursday by two immigrants’ rights activists, who said they expect the Obama Administration to act quickly on comprehensive immigration reform.

Activists Protest Immigration Raids In Phoenix – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area.

Lawsuit Challenging Denial Of Bail Rights For Immigrants Can Continue, Says Federal Court – Class Action Status Granted For Plaintiffs

The Maricopa County Supervisors will meet Monday to re-vote on whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio may end his office’s contract with the town of Guadalupe.

Blogante News Summary for Friday – September 12th, 2008

Blogante News Essentials for Friday – September 12th, 2008

Federal investigators will conduct an audit later this month of an 18-month-old agreement that gives the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office authority to enforce federal immigration laws. – Sheriff Joe Arpaio

U.S. Census Bureau issues Facts for Features in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month 2008: Sept. 15 – Oct. 15

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided a Mesa landscaping company early Wednesday, arresting nearly three dozen people suspected of being in the country illegally.

Blogante News Summary for Thursday – July 24th, 2008

Hundreds of critics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio packed the county chambers Wednesday to try to persuade the Board of Supervisors to put an end to his controversial immigration sweeps, to better monitor lawsuits related to his office, and to more closely examine his emergency response times and jurisdictional reach.

Blogante News Summary for Monday – July 21st, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Monday – July 21st, 2008

Sheriff Arpaio Sued Over Racial Profiling Of Latinos In Maricopa County

Newspaper series reveals rampant abuse of power under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s watch (Latina Lista)

Arpaio launches another sweep in Mesa

Blogante News for Thursday – June 26th, 2008

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to begin sweep Thursday in Mesa – Arizona

Arpaio claims 1,000th arrest under smuggling law – Arizona

Lawman’s raids on immigrants spark fury in Phoenix – Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Arizona’s Department of Public Safety lauds its immigration efforts

Toughest sheriff in US vows no let up in immigration fight – Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Immigration Raid in Arizona Could Test New State Law

Sheriff Arpaio’s thugs threaten to arrest a New Times reporter for looking at public records – (wow, you have to read this one) – Phoenix, Arizona

Illegal immigration’s greatest victim may be GOP

Activist raises awareness on illegal immigration – Annie Loyd in Arizona

Does crackdown cross line? – Arizona efforts stir racial profiling claims

63 undocumented immigrants arrested in Arizona within 24 hours

Arizona Immigrant Witch Hunter Handcuffed – Joe Arpaio

Top officials hinge careers on immigration – Arizona

Sheriff Joe Arpaio cut out of state funding – Arizona

Blogante News for Thursday – May 8th, 2008

Maricopa County OKs $1M for illegal-immigrant sweeps – Arizona

Illegal-immigrant crackdowns have Valley churches on edge – Arizona

Blogante News for Monday – May 5th, 2008 – Cinco de Mayo

LULAC leadership Joins Rep. Ben Miranda and State Hispanic Caucus Members in Arizona Denouncing Maricopa County Sheriff’s Anti-Immigrant Actions on May 1st

Group works to make immigrants politically aware – Immigrants Without Borders in Phoenix

Arpaio, Gordon unhurt by immigration tiff, poll indicates – Arizona

Arizona sheriff’s sweeps on solid legal ground

Hispanic lawmakers join call for Arpaio investigation

Guest Voz: AZ Mayor Sees No Justice in One Sheriff’s Hunt for Undocumented Immigrants (Latina Lista)

Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Arizona Anti-Defamation League calls on U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bogus “crime suppression sweeps.”

Immigration, Outsourced

Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon: Arpaio immigration raids are ‘made-for-TV stunts’

Special Latina Lista Post: Why Does the Nation Remain Silent While One AZ Sheriff Conducts Immigrant Manhunts? (Latina Lista)

The Growing Nightmare for Immigrants in Arizona

Immigration debate lacks rationality, needs logic

Hispanic HIV/AIDS program salvaged – Arizona

Blogante News for Friday – January 11th, 2008

Sheriff Bans Illegals From Work Detail – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pulls them because of Arizona’s employers sanctions law?

An Immigration Boiling Point Cools Down – Phoenix

Showdown in Arizona, Where Mariachis and Minutemen Collide – Phoenix

Study: Illegals depress wages by $1.4 billion in Arizona – (accurate title but slanted by ommision?)

Phoenix mayor criticized for about-face on immigration policy

Actor/Activist Tony Plana to Serve as National Mi Familia con Richardson Spokesperson – Richardson announces national co-chairs and staff; Mi Familia program beats goal of 100 chapters in 100 days

Sheriff gets no love from activists over migrant stance – Arizona

Kucinich-Sponsored Resolution Approved at National Latino Congreso

Sheriff: Suspected Illegal Immigrant Hotline Ringing Off the Hook – Arizona

Blogante News for August 7th, 2007

Phoenix Latinos set up hotlines to report racial profiling

Illegal immigrants banned from visiting people at county jails – Maricopa County, Arizona

More Than 300 Counties Now “Majority-Minority”

Sheriff Urged to Close Immigrant Hotline

Latino Leaders Outraged by Arizona Sherriffs Illegal Immigration Tip Hotline

Judge: No seizing wires to suspected coyotes (another point of view about the Western Union case)

Glendale airs cable show in Spanish – Arizona

Arizona sheriff might require English classes for inmates

The Border Dividing Arizona

State not liable for drug rehab of illegal immigrants – Arizona

‘Coyote’ law still untested by a jury in Arizona

Growing a Latino vote bloc in Arizona

Anti-’coyote’ law arrests split family in Arizona

Hispanic group takes message to law officials. Arizona

16 More Illegal Immigrants Arrested by Sheriff’s Posse and Deputy Operation in Arizona

Volunteer Posse Organized By Arizona Sheriff To Combat Illegals

crackdown charges illegals as ‘felony conspirators’ – Other states releasing captured immigrants

Thomas threatens lawsuit against Spanish-language courts. Arizona

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