Arpaio's migrant arrests for smuggling hit 500
Judi Villa
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 6, 2007 12:00 AM

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reached a milestone Thursday in its fight against illegal immigration: The 500th undocumented immigrant was arrested under the state's law against human smuggling.

At the same time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he would hire 15 deputies to concentrate on enforcing state and federal immigration laws. Thirty-seven deputies and detention officers have finished an Immigration and Customs Enforcement course that gives them the power of federal officers.

In March 2006, the Sheriff's Office became the only law enforcement agency in the state to arrest undocumented immigrants for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the U.S.

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