Thread: Border War and Sheriff Joe

Letter from a border war
Law or no law, some Arizonans say they will arrest illegal immigrants — and force politicians to choose sides

By MAUREEN CALLAHAN

Last Updated: 4:50 AM, August 1, 2010

Posted: 9:22 PM, July 31, 2010
Comments: 23
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PHOENIX — The most dangerous place in Arizona right now, the day after a federal judge knocked down the key parts of SB 1070, the state’s proposed anti-illegal immigration bill, is between Joe Arpaio and a camera. Arpaio, the 78-year-old sheriff of Maricopa County (population 3.9 million) has cultivated a reputation for himself as the last true lawman of the West. He’s written two books, the last called “Joe’s Law: America’s Toughest Sheriff Takes on Illegal Immigration, Drugs, and Everything Else That Threatens America.â€

I used to drive to work past the sheriff's office every morning and because it's in an industrial area there would be dozens of people trying to get work from people driving by. All Hispanic. When Joe started cracking down most of them disappeared. And the traffic got better and I didn't have as many helicopters flying over my house. He is definitely having an effect. Whatever it is, the illegals are not causing as many problems.