Joe Arpaio

Defying Feds, Arpaio Says He'll Step Up Immigration Enforcement

Zachary Roth | February 10, 2010, 11:01AM

Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is doubling down on his defiance of the Feds.

In November, the Department of Homeland Security stripped 100 Maricopa County deputies of their ability to make immigration arrests, amid a slew of complaints that the controversial sheriff was using racial profiling techniques to round up suspected illegal immigrants.

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