Ariz. Sheriff Accused Of Racial Profiling
17th July 2008
A coalition of Hispanic and labor groups in Phoenix accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of racial profiling yesterday, alleging in a federal lawsuit that one of the nation’s largest sheriff’s departments is violating the civil rights of nonwhite U.S. citizens in seeking to arrest illegal immigrants.
So now it’s a civil right not to be arrested for illegally crossing the border, unless you’re white?
How very curious.
Since signing up for a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement program in April 2007 that trains local law enforcement agents to enforce immigration laws, Maricopa deputies have found that 14,830 individuals arrested on state charges turned out to be in the country illegally. In the course of other duties, deputies discovered and arrested another 1,145 illegal immigrants, Chagolla said.
Yup, that sure sounds like a civil rights violation to me.