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DHS Napolitano orders Sheriff Arpaio to stop looking for illegal aliens

October 7, 3:09 PMNorfolk Crime ExaminerDave Gibson
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio (AP/Ralph Freso)

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has just ordered Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop arresting suspects based solely on the fact that they are illegal aliens. The Arizona sheriff who has been called the “toughest” in America, defiantly said he will continue his sweeps which have netted thousands of illegal aliens.

Sheriff Arpaio has vowed to maintain his “crime suppression operations,” conducting street patrols looking for suspected illegal aliens. He says that he can still operate within the law, under Arizona human smuggling laws.

“It’s all politics,” Arpaio told reporters.

Earlier this year, the Maricopa County Sheriff said: “If I'm told not to enforce immigration law except if the alien is a violent criminal, my answer to that is we are still going to do the same thing, 287g or not. We have been very successful."

Under Sheriff Arpaio, his department has either identified in jail, or arrested on the street more than 30,000 illegal aliens in and around Phoenix, AZ .

Arpaio has been the target of an ongoing Justice Department investigation, focusing mainly on so-called ‘racial-profiling.’ Of course, Obama was elected in great measure due to strong support among Latinos, and Arpaio’s removal of over 30,000 mostly Mexican illegal aliens has angered the Latino community.

*Reporter’s note: Apparently, after nearly nine months in office, Janet Napolitano still fails to understand her position as Homeland Security Secretary…Fortunately, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is there to take responsibility for the job she has refused to do.

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