> 01:45 PM Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
> MCSO / azfamily.com
> The following news release was sent by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office:
> Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Human Smuggling Unit arrested
> twenty more illegal aliens in the North Valley overnight under the
> Arizona felony human smuggling law, which now has reached 1,035 arrests.
> MGNonline
> Sheriff’s detectives arrested the illegals in unrelated investigations
> in the area of Interstate 17 and Table Mesa Road. Inside a van, deputies
> found one smuggler, Alfredo Sanchez-Campos (DOB 11- 08-1974) and seven
> co-conspirators en route to Alabama, Illinois, New York and Ohio.
> In a sport utility vehicle, Sheriff’s deputies found two smugglers, Jose
> Luna-Amarripa (DOB 07/11/86) and Cuauhtemol Filio-Valencia (DOB
> 06/24/85), and ten co-conspirators en route to California, Florida,
> Georgia, and Ohio.
> In early May, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and the Arizona
> Department of Public Safety redirected over one million dollars given by
> the State Legislature to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to enforce
> the state’s felony human smuggling law. Despite losing the grant, Arpaio
> has ensured that the law continues to be enforced. Since the money was
> taken, 79 more illegals have been arrested under that law.
> Earlier today, the County Board of Supervisors, with the exception of
> Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, accepted thousands of dollars in citizen
> donations for the Sheriff’s Office illegal immigration enforcement efforts.
> Sheriff Arpaio has vowed to continue enforcing all laws, including
> illegal immigration laws. “I want everyone to know that my deputies will
> enforce all state and federal illegal immigration laws everywhere in
> Maricopa County,” says the Sheriff.
> The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is the only Arizona law enforcement
> agency enforcing all aspects of the state and federal illegal
> immigration laws.
> http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/Phoenix_local_news_072308_...
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> "Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English, they'll
> learn English; you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish."
> Barack Hussein Obama
