Thread: Arpaio launches 16th immigration sweep in desert

Arpaio launches 16th immigration sweep in desert

July 15, 2010 4:29 pm

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office launched its 16th crime and immigration sweep Thursday in a stretch of desert in the southwestern portion of the county.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the one-day sweep was prompted by reports of many drug and immigrant smugglers moving through the Vekol Valley.

Since early 2008, Arpaio has launched patrols that seek out traffic violators and arrest other offenders, such as people accused of human smuggling.

Critics say officers racially profile Latinos in the patrols. Arpaio denies the allegations, saying people pulled over in the sweeps are approached because deputies have probable cause to believe they committed crimes.

http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-reg ... d4e56.html

I hope he nabbed a lot of illegals!

I see the paper calls it "racial profiling" but they never tell you that along the borders they have nabbed something like over a 100,000 persons who were not even Mexicans. And they were from countries that are our enemy.

Originally Posted by uniteasone

I see the paper calls it "racial profiling" but they never tell you that along the borders they have nabbed something like over a 100,000 persons who were not even Mexicans. And they were from countries that are our enemy.

right, and they dont like mentioning that OTM's have been arrested

Go, Joe! <accompanied by fist pump into the air>

Now THAT'S how it's done!!!!!!!!

>starts humming< "Whiskey for my men . . . beer for my horses!"

"Arpaio launches 16th immigration sweep in desert"

Those cacti and rattlesnakes better have their IDs ready.

Updated Story AZ Republic now states 7 illegal aliens found in the desert.


Arpaio sweep in Arizona desert nets 16 arrests
by Stephanie Russo - Jul. 16, 2010 10:19 AM
The Arizona Republic
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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies and volunteers arrested 16 people, with seven suspected of being illegal immigrants, not far from Interstate 8 near Gila Bend.

The office said it was the first-ever suppression operation in the desert.


The seven suspected undocumented immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel after being detained in Vekol Valley, east of Gila Bend, Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jesse Spurgin said.

Nine other people were detained in the operation for miscellaneous charges or outstanding warrants, Spurgin said.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and about 100 men staged the operation, which began around 4 p.m. and was scheduled to end at 2 a.m.

According to Spurgin, MCSO pursued intelligence from a tip to their hotline that the area was a corridor for drug smugglers and human trafficking.



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