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MCSO deputies detain 176 illlegal immigrants in past month


PHOENIX The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says 176 illegal immigrants have been detained in the past month by deputies acting as federal agents.
The sheriff's office says of the total, 138 were arrested for other charges and were identified as undocumented during the booking process.

So far, 38 Maricopa County sheriff's deputies and detention officers have been trained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A new class of 35 just entered the four-week training course.

M-S-C-O deputies continue to arrest illegal immigrants under a state smuggling law. More than 520 people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle themselves or others into Arizona since March 2006.