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Date: April 13, 2010
SHERIFF WILL CONDUCT ANOTHER CRIME
SUPPRESSION OPERATION IN PHOENIX PRIOR TO
MAY 1ST
Deputies Arrest 13More Illegal Aliens on Felony Smuggling Charges
(Maricopa County, AZ) Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies arrested another 13 illegal
aliens during a traffic stop north of the valley last night. The arrests are a continued
effort of Sheriff Joe Arpaio to dedicate more attention to the human smuggling and
illegal immigration problem facing Maricopa County.
The Sheriff recently announced that his office will be conducting the 15th crime
suppression / human smuggling operation somewhere in Phoenix before May 1st. The
operation will focus on the overwhelming number of illegal alien drop houses and
load vehicles that sheriff’s deputies encounter on a regular basis during the course of
their duties.
The Sheriff and his staff are compiling statistical information on the impact of human
smuggling activity and its prevalence in high crime neighborhoods in Phoenix.
Arpaio recently stated after the last successful crime suppression operation that netted
111 criminal arrests and two large drug seizures that certain areas in Phoenix appear to
be hot spots for criminal activity and often harbor illegal alien drop houses.
Sheriff Arpaio stated “Some local politicians and the media often criticize me for
going into other cities to conduct these types of operations. The bottom line is this, my
deputies’ safety is affected on a daily basis by illegal alien activity that often
originates within city limits and spills out into other areas of the county in the form of
load vehicles and body dumps.â€