Thousands Protest Sheriff’s Immigration Efforts

AP Report ^ | January 16th 2010

[Steelfish]

Thousands Protest Sheriff’s Immigration Efforts ‘Zeroing in on the wrong guy,’ Arpaio says, pointing instead at Congress

Protesters take part in a three-mile walk to the county jail complex in Phoenix.

PHOENIX - Ten thousand immigrant rights advocates marched in front of a county jail in Phoenix Saturday in a protest that was aimed at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration efforts and was marked by a clash between a small group of protesters and police officers. Organizers say the protest was meant to show officials in Washington that Arpaio shouldn't handle immigration enforcement, and that Congress and the Obama administration need to come up with a way for immigrant workers to come to the country legally.

The three-mile walk that started in a west Phoenix park ended by afternoon at the Durango Jail Complex, a collection of five jails, where officials played music, including a record by singer Linda Ronstadt, to drown out noise made by protesters. Ronstadt took part in Saturday's protest.

[dalebert]

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[Frantzie]

The AP communist news is so biased. Sheriff Joe is enforcing the law. Obama, Holder, and that disgusting former Gov of AZ Napalotano are out to destroy Sheriff Joe.

[vaudine]

Demanding ILLEGAL rights! I wish we could clone Sheriff Arpaio and give every county west of the Red River one--no make that every county, because illegals are everywhere.

vaudine

[cranked]

AP is for amnesty.....evident, huh? =.=
It is a frakin shame that a man doing HIS JOB and upholding the LAWS OF THIS LAND gets treated as disgustingly as he has and currently is being treated.

All I can say it that I pray that what goes around comes around for those do this against a man DOING HIS JOB, especially given the sheer amount of lametard flunkies we have in not only Washington D.C. but this current Presidential administration...not DOING THEIR JOBS!

[Brimack34]

He should run for Gov. and he will win.

[o-n-money]

The AP communist news is so biased. Sheriff Joe is enforcing the law. Obama, Holder, and that disgusting former Gov of AZ Napalotano are out to destroy Sheriff Joe.

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Law means nothing to these people. Anarchy is only fun for a while and socialism is OK until the people paying for it run out of money.

[GSP.FAN]

I think they need to hire better PR guys. We are human?

[moehoward]

"Ten thousand immigrant rights advocates"

Otherwise known as 50 Illegal Aliens.

[patlin]

99,999 illegal immigrants & 1 activist would probably be more like it.

[IrishCatholic]

How did they arrive at the ten thousand figure?
Any pictures of the large crowd to judge?
or was this several hundred with clever camera angles or photoshop?
Who paid for the march and signs?
Who set it up?
Too bad there isn't a fair press to ask these questions.

[DakotaRed]

Don't they mean "Ten thousand ILLEGAL immigrant advocates?"

[HiTech RedNeck]

Pretty pathetic

[lack-of-trust]

love the soviet styled artwork!

[skeptoid]

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[Dapper 26]

Sheriff Joe is my hero.

[biggien]

Oh no someone who enforces the law, that must be the worst thing in the world!!!!

[VeniVidiVici]

Here is a picture gallery from a local news station. Even they estimate only 5,000 but good luck in finding a picture here that approximates anywhere close to that number.

Pic gallery

[freekitty]

There’s 10,000 illegals. Pick them up and throw them back in their own country.