Posted on 02 September 2010 by oscar
From: AP
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
The lawsuit calls Arpaio and his office’s defiance “unprecedented,” and said the federal government has [...]
As the effective date of Arizona’s new immigration law nears, new concerns are being raised by municipal officials about how to effectively enforce it without creating a legal and financial quagmire.
At a public forum Tuesday, two southeast Valley mayors said the law could boomerang on its authors by actually reducing immigration enforcement because of its [...]
PHOENIX — Los Angeles is one of a number of cities choosing to boycott Arizona over a new controversial immigration enforcement law.
But Los Angeles’ boycott could go even further.
When the Los Angeles City Council approved the boycott earlier this month, it also approved an amending motion to come up with a plan to offer incentives [...]
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio won’t have to appear before the Board of Supervisors for a contempt hearing this afternoon, according to a ruling Monday by a Pima County judge.
Judge Richard Gordon granted Arpaio a temporary stay of the 2 p.m. contempt hearing and called the parties to a June 4 hearing on the merits [...]
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Judge-makes-strong-allegations-against-Sheriff-Joe-Arpaio-94745679.html
PHOENIX — Judge Gary Donahoe is fighting Maricopa County Joe Arpaio, among others, after they accused him of bribery in a federal racketeering lawsuit last year.
Donahoe’s attorney, Michel Manning, file a notice of claim on Friday. That’s basically the last step before filing a lawsuit. Manning talked to Kaley O’Kelley about the case and what [...]
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has sent letters to current and former attorneys in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office warning them to watch their words if they speak to investigators looking into possible unethical conduct by former County Attorney
Andrew Thomas.
The letter threatens the attorneys with criminal charges if they reveal “confidential” information about the sheriff’s inquiries into [...]
PHOENIX – Arizona’s tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration is dividing police across the nation, pitting officers against their chiefs and raising questions about its potential to damage efforts to fight crime in Hispanic communities.
Two officers are challenging the law in court, while police unions that lobbied for it are defending it against [...]
Reporting from Nogales, Ariz.
On the other side of the metal barrier that separates this town from its namesake in Mexico, there have already been more than 120 homicides this year, including the assassination of the assistant police chief.
In this sleepy town of 21,000, there hasn’t been a killing in three years.
“If you look at it [...]
SAN DIEGO – New Mexico’s governor says it is a step backward. Texas isn’t touching it. And California? Never again.
Arizona’s sweeping new law empowering police to question and arrest anyone they suspect is in the U.S. illegally is finding little support in the other states along the Mexican border.
Among the reasons given: California, New Mexico [...]
SEATTLE – The Seattle City Council voted Monday to boycott Arizona as much as possible because of a new, stricter immigration law
there.
Arizona legislators voted in April to give police power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally and makes the failure to carry immigration documents a crime.
Seattle joins several other cities in [...]
