Thread: Arpaio claims 1,000th arrest under smuggling law

Arpaio claims 1,000th arrest under smuggling law
Reported by: EastValleyTribune.com
Last Update: 3:57 am

The number of suspected undocumented immigrants arrested under the state’s felony human smuggling law surpassed 1,000 when Maricopa County deputies arrested 25 suspects earlier this week.

The tally stands at 1,003, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said during a news conference Wednesday in downtown Phoenix.

About 150 of the suspected undocumented immigrants were arrested for allegedly running smuggling operations, while the remainder were arrested for allegedly paying smugglers to take them across the U.S.-Mexico border, he said.

The Legislature enacted the human smuggling law in 2005, and the sheriff’s office launched a special unit of deputies to focus on human smuggling the following year.

“We’re rather satisfied with the results. We could do more,â€

Keep up the great work, Arpaio. We support you 100%. Tell those traitors that show up to the meeting that as soon as you finish running all the illegal aliens out of their neighborhoods, you'll be more than happy to leave them alone without any crime suppression efforts at all. They can defend themselves.