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Secretary Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security reportedly stripped Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- also known as "America's Sheriff" by many admirers who hail him as a hero -- of his federal authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. The federal authorities under President Barack Obama wish to do away with local cops enforcing our nation's immigration laws.
Arpaio's deputies attended the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Center in order to be trained for immigration enforcement as part of their regular law enforcement and jail management duties. In addition to the DHS attempting to curtail Sheriff Arpaio's immigration enforcement activities -- he states he will not stop arresting illegal aliens -- Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, is threatening to investigate Sheriff Arpaio and his department.
Sadly, at the same time the Department of Homeland Security estimates that the total unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States is 10 million. Their total includes those who entered the United States illegally and those who entered legally but overstayed their authorized period of stay. Critics dispute the federal statistics saying that the number of illegal aliens is closer to 20 million.
Another recent study by the GAO estimates that there are about 15 million illegal aliens living in the United
States. The study estimates that nearly 700,000 aliens enter the United States illegally or overstay their authorized period of stay each year.
Some illegal aliens in the United States have been arrested and incarcerated in federal and state prisons as well as local jails, adding to already dangerously overcrowded prisons and jails, the Government Accountability Office reported to the US Congress' Homeland Security Subcommittee on criminal aliens that were incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails.
Their report contained information on the number of criminal aliens incarcerated, their country of citizenship or country of birth, and the cost to incarcerate them. Congress also requested that the GAO provide information on the criminal history of aliens incarcerated in federal and state prisons or local jails who had entered the country illegally.
For a population of aliens that entered the country illegally and were incarcerated in federal or state prisons or local jails, the GAO report addressed the following questions: How many times have they been arrested? How many and what type of criminal offenses have they been arrested for? What states were they arrested in?
In the GAO study of a population sample of 55,322 illegal aliens, analysts found that they were arrested at a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien.
Nearly all of the illegal aliens in the study sample had more than 1 arrest. Thirty-eight percent (about 21,000) had between 2 and 5 arrests, 32 percent (about 18,000) had between 6 and 10 arrests, and 26 percent (about 15,000) had 11 or more arrests. They were arrested for a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien.
One arrest incident may include multiple offenses, a fact that explains why there are nearly one and half times more offenses than arrests.
Almost all of these illegal aliens were arrested for more than 1 offense. Slightly more than half of the 55,322 illegal aliens had between 2 and 10 offenses. About 45 percent of all offenses were drug or immigration offenses. About 15 percent were property-related offenses such as burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and property damage. About 12 percent were for violent offenses such as murder, robbery, assault, and sex-related crimes. The balance was for such other offenses as traffic violations, including driving under the influence; fraud--including forgery and counterfeiting; weapons violations; and obstruction of justice.
Eighty percent of all arrests occurred in three states -- California, Texas, and Arizona. Specifically, about 58 percent of all arrests occurred in California, 14 percent in Texas, and 8 percent in Arizona. In addition, the FBI estimates that there are upwards of 50,000 illegal aliens who are members of crime gangs such as MS-13, the Mexican Mafia and the Latin Kings.
"If the US Attorney General and his boss President Obama are concerned with investigating criminal activity, perhaps they should focus on criminal aliens and gangs rather than persecuting an effective law enforcement commander such as Joe Arpaio," said former NYPD detective and Marine Sid Frances.
(Photo Credits: All photos courtesy of Maricopa Sheriff's Department)
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Comments
MY HERO.
It seems that the Obama administration is going to fix all our contries little issues now....Need to get DC under control before he starts worrying about little ole Phoenix, Arizona. This is getting really crazy. We really have gone from one extreme to the next in terms of Presidents.
A line has got to be drawn in the sand: on one side, freedom-loving American patriots like Sheriff Joe; on the other side, the America-hating Marxists of the Obama Administration. Seccession would be a good first step.
Seems to me it's about time to join oathkeepers.org
Obama gets his civilian security force in place, what you gonna do then ??
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is one of the few great cops willing to take a stand and defend the nation despite great political pressure not to do so.
Thank you Sheriff!
WE all knew where Obama stood when he called in the cop who arrested his friend for disorderly and lectured him at the White House and said he was acting 'ignorantly' to arrest him. Obama does not support law enforcement or respect the law. His Aunt was here illegally and defied a Court Order to leave the U.S. and she did not and Obama did nothing about it but use his influence to have her stay. Any other President would have asked her to obey the law and leave and then return on a legal visa that he could have arranged for her. OBVIOUSLY, he doesn't care about setting an example or the law. While on the subject, where's his original typewritten certificate of live birth? He won't even show that. What a two faced, liar he is. He is supposed to enforce immigration law and they do nothing while our neighborhoods and way of life is being ruined and we are raped, robbed, and murdered by illegal alien criminals. Thank you Obama. I hope the people who voted for him get what they deserve.
Well, being a long-haul trucker I do not trust cops very much but I am a Sheriff Arpaio fan. I wonder if he could be talked into running for sheriff here in Jacksonville/Duval Co, FL?
obama and his gooms need to stay out of his business, he's been doing a great job let him continue!
One Worlders cannot have guarded borders.
Evil must be free to roam the globe, all evil cannot travel in AF1. Some has to walk.
Communism is here, thank you Mr. President.
To be president you have to be a natural born citizen.
Per Obama's own words, he said he was "governed at birth by england" by way of his father who was from Kenya which was controlled by england.
Mr Obama, please tell the American people how you can be a Natural Born Citizen when you yourself said you were governed by England at birth?
Too bad more officers of the LAW cannot follow the example that Joe has set forth. Keep it up Joe, there are a lot of people behind you !!!
I love this cop in Arizoina and we need more like him .Obama Acrew you and your criminals eat it!! yOU ARE THE bestest embarrasssment in the world!!
The words "white trash" suddenly come to my mind...
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