Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 12:36pm MST
Arpaio setting aside space at Tent City to enforce SB1070
Phoenix Business Journal

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is setting up a section of his Tent City jails in Phoenix for people arrested for violating Arizona’s new immigration law.

The new law allows police to question people stopped for other reasons about their immigration status, but faces court challenges that could delay the July 29 effective date.

Arpaio has housed suspected illegal immigrants and other prisoners in tents since 1993, and the new section would have room for 100 prisoners.

“Citizens here sincerely hope that SB 1070 will result in large numbers of illegal aliens being captured and arrested by local law enforcement officers,â€