Ariz. Posse to Arrest Illegal Immigrants

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Ariz. Posse to Arrest Illegal Immigrants

Sheriff's Deputies, Volunteers to Arrest Illegal Immigrants in Phoenix Area

By AMANDA LEE MYERS

PHOENIX May 4, 2006 (AP)—

A posse of 100 volunteers and sheriff's deputies will patrol the Phoenix area and arrest any illegal immigrants, the county sheriff said.

The group likely will be deployed across parts of Maricopa County by the weekend, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday.

Volunteers will be drawn from the department's 3,000-member posse, whose members are trained and are often former deputies.

"It's important to send the message out to stay in Mexico and don't come roaming around here hoping you're going to get amnesty," said Arpaio, who in years past gained notoriety for putting inmates on chain gangs and issuing them striped uniforms and pink underwear.

Arpaio's deputies have already arrested about 120 illegal immigrants using a new state smuggling law.

"We're going to arrest any illegal who violates this new law," he said. "I'm not going to turn these people over to federal authorities so they can have a free ride back to Mexico. I'll give them a free ride into the county jail."

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[The_Elucidator]

Every county along the Mexican border needs a Crazy Joe Arpaio!

[Lazarus]

Nothing crazy about Sheriff Joe... He's the standard that all public servants should strive to achieve...

:claps: :claps: :claps: :claps:

[Rhino]

Arizona Cops Use Human Smuggling Laws to Round Up Illegal Immigrants

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

GILA BEND, Ariz. — Four Mexican men sit in the dirt with their wrists bound, shoulders hunched and eyes lowered to avoid the glare of the rising sun.

The immigrants had been on their way to build a dairy farm in this town about an hour southwest of Phoenix. But after a traffic stop for a faulty brake light, members of a sheriff's task force targeting human and drug smugglers found they were not U.S. citizens. Now they were bound for federal custody.

Beginning Wednesday, more illegal immigrants coming through Maricopa County could meet the same fate as the sheriff's department beefs up its efforts to find illegal immigrants.

A 250-member posse that will operate similarly to the anti-smuggler task force will patrol the area for illegal immigrants who pay smugglers to cross through Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.

The posse will be made up of existing sheriff's deputies and members of the department's 3,000-member posse reserve of trained, unpaid volunteers.

The four illegal immigrants pulled over Monday will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent back to Mexico. But those that are captured by the posse may end up in jail, charged under a state law that has been used against more than 100 illegal immigrants in Maricopa County this year.........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194934,00.html

[Beowulf]

:claps: Again, someone local doing what the government won't do! Excellent work!

[Foquet]

As Thomas Jefferson said, there needs to be a revolution in this country every 20 years. We are 200 years overdue for one and I think we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

Dems and GOP'ers, beware. American taxpayers are not bought, sold or deceived by this BS.

[Beowulf]

Thomas Jefferson also said, "your right to bear arms shall not be infringed." Apparently, no one listens to his good advice.

Sadly, the U.S. is the only country in the world where an attempted takeover of the government by the people would be quickly crushed.