"Its My Job": Arizona sheriff Arpaio not relenting after court ruling

[kpete]

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
AP

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer Jacques Billeaud And Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer – 7 mins ago

PHOENIX – Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps, some in Hispanic neighborhoods, to arrest illegal immigrants. The tactics have made him the undisputed poster boy for local immigration enforcement and the anger that so many authorities feel about the issue.

"It's my job," said Arpaio, standing beside a sheriff's truck that has a number for an immigration hot line written on its side. "I have two state (immigration) laws that I am enforcing. It's not federal, it's state."

A ruling Wednesday by a federal judge put on hold parts of the new law that would have required officers to dig deeper into the fight against illegal immigration. Arizona says it was forced to act because the federal government isn't doing its job to fight immigration.

more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100730/ap_on_re_us/us_arizona_immigration

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says hi to his neo-Nazi supporters, poses for pix

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-hi-his-neo-n

[Zoeisright]

1. Then can't he be found in contempt of court or something?

I'm sure that old Nazi wouldn't fare well in prison.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. If Sheriff Joe is thumbing his nose at the recent SB 1070 ruling

He is breaking the law, should have his ass arrested, and wear pink underwear.

[pinboy3niner]

3. He's not violating the injunction

He was doing his sweeps before the new AZ law was even written. As the story explains:

Unable to make arrests under a federal statute, the sheriff instead relied on a nearly 5-year-old state law that prohibits immigrant smuggling. He has also raided 37 businesses in enforcing a state law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. damn! okay...

but would still so like to see his ass behind bars and in pink underwear ;)

[pinboy3niner]

6. Me, too!

Investigations of his practices are ongoing, and yesterday his deputies arrested a journalist and two legal observers (targeting them could create more problems for him).

If he were to be convicted of criminal violations, he'd wind up in a federal facility, so you'd miss your chance to see him in pink underwear. But I imagine you could live with that... :)

[LiberalFighter]

4. What is his salary and benefits?

[immoderate]

7. Nobody knows.

There is a powerful, self-righteous and sadistic man.

His published salary does not include seizures.

--imm

[blondeatlast]

8. Let's put it this way--no one knows, but he's no friend of the taxpayer.

His office chews up my tax dollars faster than anyone. I mean, he's bought TANKS. Tanks.

I repeat tanks. And there use?

Photo ops. Period.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. It's not his job, it's his perversion. He just happens to be paid for indulging in it. -nt