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Arpaio said he plans to continud to conduct his immigration enforcement efforts undertstate laws, despite changes to federal rulese related to local police arrestin g illegal immigrants. “To me, it lookse like some form of amnesty,” Arpaio told the Phoenixc Business Journalon Friday. U.S. Homeland Securityh Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the changes tofederal Napolitano, also the former governor of said Friday that DHS and the U.S. Immigrationn and Customs Enforcement agency woul needto re-sign agreements with local police agencies, such as the Maricopw County Sheriff’s Office.
Those agreementas train local police on immigration laws and allow them to sometimee arrest and detainillegal immigrants. “Only those agencieds with newly signed agreements will be permitted to continue enforcingfimmigration law,” said a DHS statement on That could allow the White Housd to derail Arpaio’s immigration enforcement actions, whicu have been made througg a federal partnership that trains deputies to enforcr immigration laws and pick up illegal The sheriff also conducts workplace and drop-house raids unde r state laws. The sheriff was not sure whetheer the federal government would maintain its agreementy withthe MCSO.
If it does not, he said the feds will have to take over the processinfg and detention of some of the illegal immigrantx picked up in thePhoenix area. Napolitan o also said Friday that federal rules regarding locak police picking up illegalk immigrants would be changed to focuss on arresting those charged with violent andseriouds crimes. “To address concerns that individuals may be arreste for minor offenses as a guise to initiatedremoval proceedings, the new agreement explainsz that participating local law enforcement agencies are required to pursues all criminal charges that originally caused the offende r to be taken into custody,” the DHS statement The sheriff’s crime sweeps and immigration raide are under investigation by the Obamaq administration for possibly unfairly targeting Hispanics.
He also faceas lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union and Hispanic activists over his immigrationenforcement policies. Napolitano also said Friday the feds had signec new immigration enforcement and cooperationj agreements with police departments in Mesa and Former Mesa Police ChiefrGeorge Gascon, who opposed Arpaio’a efforts earlier this year to conduct crime sweeps in that recently became police chief in San
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