Posted on 05/25/2010 10:55:23 PM PDT by donna
PHOENIX, AZ – Authorities say two traffic stops by Maricopa County Sheriffs deputies resulted in the arrest of 19 undocumented immigrants.
According to a sheriff's office news release, the Monday night arrests occurred when deputies were led to believe that the suspects were violating human smuggling laws or co-conspiring to commit human smuggling.
MCSO officials said they often book undocumented immigrants on smuggling conspiracy when detectives can prove that they have an agreement with someone to sneak them into the country.
They said so far they have arrested over 2,000 undocumented immigrants for smuggling-related charges with a 94 percent conviction rate.
Last week, interim County Attorney Rick Romley said that he will no longer prosecute the felony conspiracy cases referred by sheriff’s deputies.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has voiced concerns with the policy by saying that it is a type of amnesty, according to the news release.
"While politicians continue to react to all the hype about securing our southern border, my deputies will continue to arrest those illegal aliens that they come into contact with during the course of their duties. I also look forward to enforcing all aspects of the new state illegal immigration law when it goes into effect," Arpaio said.
Arpaio said he will continue to arrest suspects believed to be smuggling undocumented immigrants into Arizona despite Romley’s stance.
Richardson is soon to be gone-
No one is doing that.
So, what do you want to do? Don't you know?
i know mccain and kyl have a 10 pt program i support
Ah, anti-Arpaio and pro-McCain.
Arpaio is terrible. Have you googled all the problems the man has caused?
And McCain just tried to get the US Senate to put 6,000 troops on the border and it was defeated.
Ah another bootlicking amnesty granting Quisling has slithered in I see.
GO, JOE!!!!!!!!
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