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Eric Holder s U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division has released the findings of its three-year witch hunt of America s most popular and effective sheriff, Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, Arizona.
worldwide travel center Among the findings were that the Maricopa County Sheriff s Office (MCSO) used racial profiling in traffic stops, and that a Latino worldwide travel center was four to nine times more likely to be stopped than similarly situated non-Latino drivers. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maricopa County has a population of 3.8 million residents, which is over half of all Arizona residents. Of that number, 29.6 percent are persons of Hispanic or Latino origin. By virtue of numbers, Latinos have a one-in-three chance worldwide travel center of being pulled over for a traffic violation, regardless of the situation.
Throughout the Justice Department s report of findings, the words illegal alien could be substituted easily for Latino because this is what it is all about. Holder s headhunters are trying to intimidate Sheriff Arpaio and other border state law enforcement officials to back off from enforcing federal immigration laws.
The truth is that by virtue of location, Arizona, and Maricopa County in particular, have been plagued by illegal Mexicans. worldwide travel center Citizen complaints and aggressive law enforcement have led to the arrest and deportation of thousands of illegal aliens. This is something Holder s Department worldwide travel center of Justice aims to stop, especially in light of being within a year of a presidential election.
Holder and his army of attorneys have already sued Arizona and other states for passing legislation allowing police officers to challenge persons lawfully detained to prove they are in the country legally if they have reason to suspect they are not. Holder s U.S. Attorneys refuse to prosecute illegal aliens even when they have been captured numerous times. Catch and release is the preferred method of dealing with those pesky illegals who always seem to find themselves in custody worldwide travel center by local law enforcement because the Department of Homeland Security refuses to deploy the necessary assets to take care of the problem.
I didn t read anything in the findings by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez about ATF s Operation Fast and Furious, in which assault rifles were allowed to walk across the border to fuel Mexico s violent drug cartels worldwide travel center and ultimately cause the death of a Border Patrol Agent in Arizona. Maybe if the MCSO had stopped a vehicle traveling southbound toward Mexico containing numerous weapons, worldwide travel center they would have seized the weapons and arrested the driver. Oh, wait! I forgot that s racial profiling worldwide travel center according to Mr. Perez.
I also didn t read anything worldwide travel center about the Arizona rancher Robert Krentz, murdered on his own property by illegal Mexican aliens on their way through a known smuggling corridor. He also forgot worldwide travel center to mention that the day before the shooting, the victim s brother, Phil Krentz, reported drug smuggling activity on the ranch to the Border Patrol.
Nor did I read anything about the Border Patrol having worldwide travel center reason to remove the warning sign 80-miles deep into Arizona that reads, Danger Public Warning Travel Not Recommended, because smuggling and illegal immigration may be encountered in this area.
Mr. Perez does not have a $1 million bounty on his head offered by Mexican drug cartels like Sheriff Arpaio does. The sheriff did not earn that distinction for being America s friendliest sheriff, but its toughest.
The Justice Department needs to stop focusing its energy on law enforcement officials doing their best to protect their citizens, and focus instead on the root cause of Arizona s dilemma lack of enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Greg is a retired DEA Supervisory Special worldwide travel center Agent and the author worldwide travel center of three Criminal Justice Textbooks. He is also a Contributing Editor worldwide travel center for www.FamilySecurityMatters.com worldwide travel center where he writes about politics, national defense and law enforcement matters. Vist his website at: www.gregorydlee.com.
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