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Latinos targeted by NC sheriff, feds say
RALEIGH, N.C. — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations.
Arizona's 'papers please' provision now in effect
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton dissolved the injunction she issued more than two years ago blocking the state from enforcing key provisions of the 2010 immigration law.
Judge to hear arguments over Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX — A judge will hear arguments this morning over a request by opponents of Arizona’s immigration law that would thwart a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the statute’s most contentious section.
Woman: Deputy rough at traffic stop
PHOENIX - A woman testifying Thursday at a racial profiling trial against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department said that during an unjustified traffic stop a sheriff's deputy slammed her stomach-first into her car while she was five months pregnant.
Arpaio, on stand, explains charged remarks
PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known nationally for his hard-line stance on illegal immigration took the witness stand Tuesday and faced allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amount to racial profiling against Hispanics.
Arpaio expected on stand today in profiling trial
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known nationally for his hardline stance on illegal immigration is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday and face allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amounted to racial profiling against Hispanics.
Lawyer: Arpaio, deputies racially profiled Hispanics
PHOENIX — Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-illegal immigration patrols are taking center stage in federal court in Phoenix.
Dept. of Justice sues Sheriff Arpaio
PHOENIX — Federal authorities sued America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff Thursday, a rare step after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that his department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols.
Justice Dept. plans to sue Arpaio
PHOENIX — Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos.
NH resolution supports Arizona’s immigration law
CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Senate has passed a resolution in support of the tough Arizona law that requires police to check the immigration status of people they want to stop for any reason.
House Democrats file challenge of SB 1070 with Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - House Democrats invoked the name of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin on Tuesday as they filed a challenge to Arizona's SB 1070, the immigration law to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month.
Hearing today in profiling lawsuit against Arpaio
PHOENIX — A judge will hold the final pretrial hearing Friday in a lawsuit that alleges that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies had racially profiled Latinos in the sheriff’s immigration patrols.
Arpaio to appeal racial profiling decision
PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that prohibited his deputies from detaining people under Arizona’s immigrant smuggling law based solely on the suspicion that they’re in the country illegally.
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