"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."
Under the law as interpreted by the Maricopa County attorney illegal immigrants can be arrested and prosecuted for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the country. The law's authors have said they intended it to be used to prosecute smugglers, not the immigrants being smuggled.
I love Arpaio...I wish there were more like him.
They need to find multiple laws broken to charge them on in case a few judges over rule this one along the way.