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November 13, 2012 4:30 pm Comments

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.

September 18, 2012 9:04 pm Comments
Arizona's 'papers please' provision now in effect

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.

September 18, 2012 1:40 pm Related Comments

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.

August 21, 2012 9:25 am Comments

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.

July 27, 2012 12:00 am Comments

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.

July 25, 2012 12:00 am Comments

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.

July 24, 2012 9:37 am Comments

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.

July 19, 2012 12:06 pm Comments

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.

May 10, 2012 11:08 am Comments

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.

May 09, 2012 9:08 pm Comments

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.

May 09, 2012 10:13 am Comments

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.

March 28, 2012 12:00 am Comments

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.

March 23, 2012 9:03 am Comments

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.

January 16, 2012 2:11 pm Comments

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