ICE pulls Arpaio's arrest authority

October 5, 8:17 AM Tucson Conservative Examiner Andrew Montalbano
Maricopa Co. Deputies arrest illegal aliens.


Immigration and Customs Enforcement chose not to renew its federal immigration arrest authority agreement with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Friday. "This just includes the jail, and deep down, I feel that I ought to take it and rip it all up," Arpaio said. Federal officials also refused to comment further.

Under the new agreement deputies and detention officers could continue screening individuals once they are booked into the Maricopa County jail, but federal authorities had not offered to allow Arpaio's street-level immigration enforcement to continue. Under the new agreement it looks like Arpaio no longer has authority to make arrests of illegal aliens accused of committing serious crimes.

Through pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union and other pro illegal alien advocacy groups ICE has caved. The ACLU is currently representing two clients in separate lawsuits accusing Arpaio's deputies of racial profiling. "He's not going to be able to arrest people for those kind of routine civil-immigration violations," said Alessandra Soler-Meetze executive director of the ACLU in Arizona. (The Arizona Republic). Wrong, the immigration violations that Sheriff Arpaio was using to arrest and detain illegal aliens are not civil, they are administrative violations under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Violating federal immigration laws are not "routine" civil matters. I wish these ACLU attorneys would understand the law before they make comment. ICE does not have the time or the resources to make "routine" arrests like Arpaio's deputies could. Sheriff Arapio was found guilty of racial profiling in the eyes of public opinion with the help of pro illegal alien advocacy groups. Looks like Phoenix is well on its way to becoming another sanctuary city for illegal aliens thanks in large part to our ACLU.

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