| Arizona Turns the Tide: Voters Demand the Recall of Russell Pearce | | Thu, Jun 2, 2011 | Immigration | | In a celebratory display of unprecedented organization, a bipartisan group of activists poured into the Arizona secretary of state's office yesterday with more than 18,300 signatures to demand the recall of State Senate president Russell Pearce. You can follow this group on facebook. Tags: Arizona, Russell Pearce, LD18, Maricopa County, Mesa | - Share It!
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| Arizona helped deport thousands without new law | | Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | Immigration | | East Valley TribuneSuzanne Gamboa Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems.Statistics obtained by Read More Tags: Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, Arizona, Deportation, ICE | - Share It!
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| Romley reveals immigration plan | | Sat, May 22, 2010 | Immigration | | Arizona Republicby Michael KieferInterim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley will no longer charge illegal immigrants as co-conspirators to human smuggling, and his immigration plan does not include raiding businesses to make cases under Arizona's employer-sanctions law, he disclosed today.Instead, as Romley has hinted for weeks, he intends to focus on Read More Tags: Rick Romley, Maricopa County, SB1070 | - Share It!
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| Immigration law enforcement funds to be cut | | Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | AZ Legislature | | Arizona RepublicBy Craig Harris Two Arizona legislators say money earmarked for enforcement of the state's 2-year-old employer-sanctions law will be drastically cut for fiscal 2010.As budget discussions resume at the Capitol, Senate Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce and House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh said Wednesday that Maricopa County's amount will be Read More Tags: Russell Pearce, Employer sanctions law, Maricopa County | - Share It!
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| Advocate strikes back on Arpaio crime sweeps | | Sun, Jan 3, 2010 | Immigration | | Arizona Republicby Daniel González Every time word spreads that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is conducting one of his controversial crime sweeps, Lydia Guzman drives to the scene to see for herself.The rumors often turn out to be false. But when they are true, Guzman, an advocate for immigrant and Read More Tags: Joe Arpaio, Lydia Guzman, immigrant and civil rights, Maricopa County, Arizona | - Share It!
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| Thomas: Probe 'pressure to drop charges' | | Fri, Dec 25, 2009 | Pinal County | | East Valley TribuneBy Bill BertolinoMaricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas filed two motions Thursday in the ongoing criminal cases involving county Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox and Judge Gary Donahoe.One motion asks the court to conduct an inquiry to uncover what Thomas alleges is "an orchestrated campaign to pressure Read More Tags: Jim Walsh, Andrew Thomas, Maricopa County, County Attorney | - Share It!
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| Maricopa County's mental-health system failing | | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Healthcare | | Arizona RepublicBy Casey Newton Dennis Winters sits in his apartment clutching a teddy bear, something a psychiatrist gave him years ago to make him feel less lonely.Decades of punishing mental illness have often left Winters feeling lonely. Most days he watches television into the night and scribbles his thoughts into Read More Tags: Maricopa County, Mental illness, | - Share It!
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| Pinal sheriff: County won't do crime sweeps | | Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Pinal County | | Arizona RepublicBy Lindsey CollumDon't look for crime-suppression sweeps in Pinal County anytime soon.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said his deputies' participation in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's controversial operations is not a prelude of things to come.Babeu lent Arpaio all 10 of his federally trained deputies and detention Read More Tags: Paul Babeu, Maricopa County, Crime sweeps | - Share It!
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