Thread: Hotlines target profiling Hispanics aim to hold Arpaio accou

Hotlines target profiling
Hispanics aim to hold Arpaio accountable
Chelsea Schneider
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Latino organizations have created a network of hotlines for people to report what they believe to be incidents of racial profiling.

The move was made in response to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's hotline, launched last month, that encourages people to report information on undocumented immigrants.

Leaders of the Hispanic community say their hotlines will ensure the preservation of civil and constitutional rights. On Wednesday, they voiced frustration about Arpaio's hotline, saying that the only way it could work is through racial profiling and that it offers no answer to the country's immigration problems. advertisement




"We need this hotline taken down," said Rep. Steve Gallardo, a Phoenix Democrat. "This hotline is solely set up for racial profiling. . . . We need Sheriff Joe Arpaio to do his job in enforcing the laws without using race as the sole purpose of trying to determine if someone is here illegally."

The four hotline numbers staffed by Hispanic advocacy groups will be activated Monday, but Harry Garewal, president of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber already has received calls from businesses saying they felt like they were being discriminated against solely because they are Hispanic-owned.

When a call is received through the hotlines, lawyers on a volunteer basis will review the claims to see whether they are valid. If they are deemed valid, then the reports of racial profiling will be submitted to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

"We are not going to let such actions go unnoticed. Our community has come together to hold Sheriff Joe Arpaio accountable," said Lydia Hernandez, executive director of the Arizona Coalition for Immigrant Rights. The coalition, Emigrantes Sin Fronteras, Proyecto Manzana and Tonatierra will field calls.

According to Arpaio, about 1,000 calls have been received through his hotline. Eight undocumented immigrants were arrested Wednesday morning during a traffic stop from information gathered from his hotline.

Arpaio said that no call into his hotline would be acted on unless there were probable cause.

Arpaio said that he loved the idea of the hotlines and respected the opinions of others, but he also said he wouldn't retreat.

"I am not going to back down from these people who don't like what the sheriff is doing," Arpaio said. "The more they go after me, the more I'm going to keep fighting."

Regardless, Phoenix attorney Antonio Bustamante said he hopes that the Hispanic community's efforts will reveal how the sheriff's hotline is being abused in order to better determine how to fight "the immorality" of the hotline later on.


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There they go, throwing the race card out again.

"We need this hotline taken down," said Rep. Steve Gallardo, a Phoenix Democrat. "This hotline is solely set up for racial profiling. . . . We need Sheriff Joe Arpaio to do his job in enforcing the laws without using race as the sole purpose of trying to determine if someone is here illegally."

Looks like Joe might have hit a nerve



"We are not going to let such actions go unnoticed. Our community has come together to hold Sheriff Joe Arpaio accountable," said Lydia Hernandez, executive director of the Arizona Coalition for Immigrant Rights. The coalition, Emigrantes Sin Fronteras, Proyecto Manzana and Tonatierra will field calls.


Maybe, but I've got news for ya Lydia.......American citizens and legal immigrants are not letting the actions of illegal alien criminals, and those who advocate them, go unnoticed either.

Our community has come together and it is now the illegals and people like you who are being held accountable. That's how it should be and that's how it will be. Get used to it lady, the party is over.


Regardless, Phoenix attorney Antonio Bustamante said he hopes that the Hispanic community's efforts will reveal how the sheriff's hotline is being abused in order to better determine how to fight "the immorality" of the hotline later on.

I saw Bustamante on the news just awhile ago addressing not only this, but also the new policy not allowing illegals to visit the jail inmates. LOL.....the man was livid, so enraged that he could barely get the words out of his mouth. We haven't seen that reaction since Sheriff Joe started participating in 287g AND he and the County Attorney announced that illegals could, and so would, be charged as co-conspirators on human smuggling charges under our "Coyote Law".

When that camp has such a volitale reaction to something, you know it's a good thing.

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When you only know one lie you have to stick with it to make it believable!