Once again Sheriff Joe Arpaio is bucking the mainstream and focusing on the crime trends that concern the citizens of his county. Sheriff Arpaio has been all over CNN and other media outlets recently giving his opinions about the furor caused by his enforcement of immigration related laws in Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Arpaio and I share the position that a Sheriff serves his or her community, not the politicians, not the media, not the local police chiefs, the community. According to this most recent poll posted on the MCSO web site, his community wants enforcement of immigration laws.
The poll done by the Arizona State University shows that, "72 % of those Arizonans with an opinion on the subject think Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is right on target with his lone stance on local enforcement officials enforcing the federal and state anti human smuggling laws. The 72% figure represents people from all political parties." (emphasis added).
A motley gathering of people from politics, law enforcement, and others have all claimed that a county sheriff has no business enforcing immigration laws regardless of whether they are in the Code of Federal Regulations or State Statutes. I say Bullcrap! The county sheriff is THE senior law enforcement officer of their county AND It is the sheriff's JOB to protect the citizens of his/her county from those who commit criminal acts. The sheriff does this by applying the rule of law to those who would harm the peace, safety, and security of the county. That means a sheriff is well within his/her rights to apply any current law he/she has the lawful authority to use for the protection of the county's citizens. Particularly if the citizens of that county demand it.
Immigration enforcement is not about racism, nor is it about protectionism. Rather, it is about protecting our community from ALL persons who would prey upon the citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, or even national origin. I don't care if the illegal immigrant is from Mexico or Malaysia, Uruguay or Uzbekistan, illegal entry into the United States is just that, ILLEGAL. Add to that the number of crimes being committed by some of these illegal immigrants and you cannot defend their right to freedom in this community. For example, according to the information provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, "Further study of the illegal immigrants incarcerated in Arpaio’s jail today show that 2100 illegal aliens who are in jail today have committed a total of approximately 11,000 crimes against our community including 8500 felonies (96 counts of murder, 473 counts of kidnapping, 122 count of sex crimes, 1465 counts of armed robbery, 187 counts of child abuse and child sex abuse, 737 counts of assault, among others) and 1678 misdemeanors."
For the full text of the press release please click the link below or click on the "Sheriff Joe" header in my favorites on the left of the page.
http://www.mcso.org/include/pr_pdf/s%20Immigration%20Stance.pdf
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