36 arrested in Arizona immigration sweep
Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:49 am
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has arrested 36 people in a crime and immigration sweep, and six are suspected to be illegal immigrants.

Everyone arrested was stopped for traffic violations. The six suspected illegal immigrants were arrested on charges of failure to provide identification and eventually will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be deported.

The arrests came after about 180 deputies and trained sheriff's volunteers fanned out across metropolitan Phoenix on Thursday and Friday targeting traffic violators who may also be illegal immigrants.

The arrests are lower than what the office typically nets during a sweep, and officials cited a delay by protesters and heavy rain as possible causes.

Posted in State-and-regional on Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:49 am Updated: 1:15 pm. | Tags:


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