Border courage, Arpaio style (A Big Brass Pair)

It must be bizarre for a lawman to be told by the federal government not to do his job, which is to enforce the law.

It's especially bizarre when he's the only law enforcement official in the country under such orders.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., finds himself in just that situation, but he's fighting back, saying he says he's won't comply.

The core issue for Arpaio is illegal immigration. His county, which includes Phoenix, is a hotbed of illegal alien activity. He sees dealing with that problem as an important part of his job to keep his county as safe as possible.

No doubt, the law-abiding citizens of his jurisdiction agree since they're often the victims of crimes perpetuated by illegal aliens.

Another measure of the "agreement" of law-abiding citizens is that they've re-elected Joe Arpaio four times. He's doing something right!

Arpaio says when people cross the U.S. border without proper immigration documentation, they are here illegally. That means they're criminals and he will continue to round them up, turn them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the Border Patrol or lock them up locally.

During the Bush administration, there were no complaints from Washington about Sheriff Arpaio’s sweeps and raids, which netted thousands of illegal aliens in his county, but scarcely had Barack Obama been elected and Janet Napolitano installed as DHS secretary, an investigation of Arpaio began.

His many enemies in immigrant rights and Hispanic rights groups charge him with racism. Picketing and shouts of “racist” and “KKK” and “Nazi” are common.

The Justice Department under Eric Holder is investigating Arpaio’s office on allegations of “racial profiling, discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures.”

When asked what had changed between the two administrations, Arpaio said, “Politics has changed, because they don’t like us going on the streets to catch illegals.”

Not only are there thousands of illegals passing through Maricopa County weekly, but there are the ongoing crimes of identity theft, human smuggling, kidnapping for ransom, massive drug and weapon dealings and the street crime always accompanies such illegal activities.

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