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Posted 02/04/09 at 01:52pm

Sheriff Joe’s Mini Gitmo: Local Enforcement out of Control

barbed wireRemember when "America's Toughest Sheriff" Joe Arpaio launched a reality tv show? When the FOX network gave a giant megaphone to a public official known for his anti-immigrant antics and racial profiling?

Well, Joe's back.  And his latest publicity stunt should horrify every American.

The seemingly unaccountable sheriff is getting ready to round up immigrant men and women and march them off to separate "tent cities" surrounded by electric fences, according to Imagine2050.net. The Maricopa County office announced the project in a statement entitled, "Arpaio Orders Move of Hundreds of Illegal Aliens to Their Own Tent City." Well we're fighting back.

We'll let you draw your own conclusions about why Joe wants to march immigrant detainees off to their own "Tent City," but this is the same guy who prioritizes press conferences and massive immigrant sweeps over prosecuting felons (there are 40,000 outstanding warrants in his county). The same guy who's had 2,700 lawsuits filed against him for civil rights and human rights abuses.

According to blogger Duke at The Sanctuary:

Having expanded his tent facility to house 2500 of the 10,000 inmates currently incarcerated in the county jail with a newly authorized $1.6 million dollar grant from the state, Arpaio vows to fill it with immigrant detainees.

Surrounded by an electrified fence that Joe jokes will be one that immigrants "won't want to scale," the tent facility will eventually become the new home for those caught in Arpaio's racial profiling roundups.

As usual, Arpaio has invited the press to document the hour long march in order fuel his colossal ego and need for constant media attention.

We've talked about how Sheriff Joe discriminates against Latinos in his county on the taxpayer's dime (download a PDF by the Immigration Policy Center), but this latest move is surprisingly vile.

Arpaio consistently pokes fun at the idea of protecting detainees' rights to due process and fair treatment. In response to the news that President Obama vowed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center (Gitmo), Arpaio reportedly joked:

In a surprise move today, the outspoken and controversial Sheriff of Maricopa County,  Arizona, stated that he'd be happy to take the inmates of Gitmo and provide for them "appropriate and hospitable accommodations." When questioned in a press conference what those ‘appropriate' accommodations would entail, the spirited Sheriff was quoted as saying, "Oh, you'll find out. Our recidivism rate here is nearly zero."

If you haven't already, please sign our petition to have Arpaio investigated by the Department of Justice.

If you've signed it already, please help spread the word. While President Obama has moved quickly to work toward closing down Guatanamo and defending our nation's values, we can't have mini-Gitmos inside our borders.

www.SheriffJoeMustGo.com

 

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I only hope Joe can get a thousand more tents to rid his county of the invasion hordes.

He should train staff through the country to do more of his enforcement, all over the U.S..    A freedom franchise, it should be named.

Tell the illegals to take Mexico or what ever country they originate from, BACK, from the wealthy aristrocrats and businessmen who own and control their countries.  Buy them arms to revolt against their slave holders.

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