U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have responded to Maricopa County Sheriff deputies' request to take custody of two suspected illegal immigrants in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Monday evening's encounter was the first between his deputies and federal officers since the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold part of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
The Supreme Court upheld the provision in the law that allows police to try to determine the immigration status of people they stop or arrest if they have a reasonable suspicion that they're in the country illegally.
Arpaio says two suspected illegal immigrants were arrested by the sheriff's Human Smuggling Unit during a traffic stop north of Phoenix in which deputies developed probable cause in determining that they were in the country illegally.
chuckles3 posted at 9:55 am on Tue, Jul 3, 2012.
Hmmmm, those ICE agents are in for a talking to from DHS....don't they know we don't enforce THOSE laws?
Engaged Voter posted at 12:11 pm on Tue, Jul 3, 2012.
chuckles3 makes a good (and humorous) point - let's keep an eye on this one and see what, if any, response comes from DHS.
Masterrogue666 posted at 2:55 pm on Tue, Jul 3, 2012.
DHS will tell them to kick them....
Will_Travel posted at 3:49 pm on Tue, Jul 3, 2012.
Local ICE and MCSO get along better than you may think. Just don't let Janet know.
sbergren posted at 3:19 pm on Sun, Jul 8, 2012.
Mr. Flake has been in office for almost 12 years and has shown no leadership. My idea of a leader in Congress is a person that has an idea, writes a bill and gets that bill made into law. Mr. Flake has done none of this in his time in office, all he has done is taken over 2.5 million in pay, Please, don't just trust me look at his record for yourself.
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Thank You,
Scott Bergren
Chandler,AZ
PC Dist 17