The state, The Grand Canyon State continues to be the center of lots of debate through recent years. Governor Jan Brewer decried SB1070, the law allowing officials to verify immigration status of everybody they come into contact with, which the Obama administration has questioned with constitutional grounds, although it is nevertheless unsettled. The Justice Department decided to such Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County. This just heats up the battle between Arizona and also the federal government. Joe Arpaio allegedly didn’t cooperate in a civil rights abuse investigation, says the Department of Justice.
Sheriff Joe supposedly discriminated
The initial investigation was launched on suspicion that the tactics employed by Sheriff Arpaio deliberately target Hispanics, irrespective of lawful status, in order to “sweep” illegal immigrants. The Maricopa County Sheriff sends deputies into intensely Hispanic areas, where they’ll stop anyone for minor reasons, as outlined by the Los Angeles Times. When there with the people, deputies had one job to complete. They were expected to verify immigration status. Doing this was expected by everybody. It was even expected before The Grand Canyon State immigration law was in place. The Justice Department requested documentation on these sweeps from Sheriff Arpaio, which he was loathe to comply with. Federal investigators weren’t given the material requested. There weren’t even allowed to the building.
Lawsuits are the norm
Lawsuits have been seen by the Maricopa Sheriff already. It has happened numerous times. His jail is called Tent City and has tents in the desert with high fences with barbed wire around it, and several have sued him for family dying in this jail. ABC explains that an investigation because of corruption is being done by the grand jury for Sheriff Arpaio and also the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The Justice Department made the original request for documents and other materials more than a year ago. All the documents about these sweeps were found by a federal judge to be ruined. The attorneys suing the Sheriff’s Office had every right to determine the documents.
Further reading
ABC News
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/09/justice-department-sues-arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio.html
LA Times
latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lawsuit-arpaio-20100903,,2874529.story
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