“Mr. Arpaio conceded that the vast majority of the 33,000 arrests of illegal immigrants his office has made in the past two years under the agreement followed a check on the immigration status of people in jails. About 300 have been arrested in the field during “crime suppression” operations, he said…”
Everyone should chill out about the changes in 287 (g)!
Most of the illegals turned over to ICE for deportation are found in the jail system. We can still arrest illegal laiens for violations of American law – and send them to feds for deportation , WHY DO YOU THINK THE OPEN BORDERS CRAZIES ARE SO FREAKED THAT OBAMA DIDN’T KILL 287 g?
NEW YORK TIMES:
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, with some 160 federally trained deputies, is the largest in the program and the most closely scrutinized by people on all sides of the immigration debate.
Mr. Arpaio conceded that the vast majority of the 33,000 arrests of illegal immigrants his office has made in the past two years under the agreement followed a check on the immigration status of people in jails. About 300 have been arrested in the field during “crime suppression” operations, he said. He called those arrests symbolically important.
“It has to do with public perception,” he said, noting reports that some illegal immigrants are leaving the area in part because of his deputies. “I think the bad guys apparently are leaving because they know they are here illegally. This is a crime deterrent program, too.”…