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09-22-2012, 12:43 PM #1
Immigration protest planned outside Arpaio's jail
Immigration protest planned outside Arpaio's jail
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Posted: Sep 22, 2012 8:26 AM by Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Immigrant rights advocates are planning to rally Saturday outside one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails to protest Arizona's immigration law.
The protest comes during the same week that a judge gave police the go-ahead to start enforcing the law's most contentious section.
The provision in question requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.
The law's opponents say some officers will racially profile Latinos in enforcing the requirement, while supporters say they are confident that officers won't step on people's rights.
Organizers say Arpaio's jail was picked as a rally location because they allege that Latinos have been racially profiled in the sheriff's immigration patrols.
The sheriff has vigorously denied the profiling allegations.
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09-22-2012, 12:50 PM #2
He is use to protests, just another day at work for him.
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09-22-2012, 11:47 PM #3
Organizer: Hundreds rally outside Arpaio jail
By Associated Press
Originally published: Sep 22, 2012 - 7:51 pm
PHOENIX — Protesters of Arizona's immigration law held signs and chanted as they marched to the Maricopa County jail in downtown Phoenix on Saturday.
Salvador Rez, an organizer of the immigrant rights rally, said a group of 300 to 400 people rallied outside the Fourth Avenue jail run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The jail was picked as a rally location because organizers allege that Latinos have been racially profiled in the sheriff's immigration patrols.
Arpaio has vigorously denied the profiling allegations.
The protest comes during the same week that a federal judge gave police the go-ahead to start enforcing the law's most contentious section. The provision in question requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.
Rez said that among the protesters were some of the first arrestees under the new law. He said they were released by federal immigration officials because they had no criminal history and were not considered a priority.
The rally outside the jail lasted less than an hour, but Rez said that the group had returned to a nearby restaurant where they started the march and intended to continue demonstrating there for several more hours.
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