Date: November 17, 2010
SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO LAUNCHES
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION POSSE
SWEARING IN 56 VOLUNTEERS TODAY INCLUDING
NATIONALLY KNOWN CELEBRITY
CRIME FIGHTERS
(Phoenix, AZ) In July of this year, at the height of the SB1070 controversy when public
frustration about illegal immigration was at fever pitch, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio,
promised the creation of a new illegal immigration operations posse.
Arpaio said a volunteer armed posse could help his deputies enforce all of the immigration
laws. But as importantly, the Sheriff said, his new posse would provide a means by which
citizens could feel they are helping in the fight against illegal immigration.
“Law enforcement budgets are being cut and agencies are losing personnel and yet the battle
to stop illegal immigration must continue,â€