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Court Orders AZ Sheriff to Stop Forcing Prison Inmates to Pre-Pay for Abortions

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Joe Arpaio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Phoenix, Abortion Rights, Eyes and Ears, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Politics News

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is making headlines again--this time for making inmates pre-pay for the cost of abortions, including security and transportation.

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Sheriff Arpaio: "I Could Get Elected On Pink Underwear"

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a defiant, racial-profiling desperado with renewed authority to abuse his inmates. The scary part? The voting public approves.

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AZ Sheriff Plans to Bus "Illegals" to the Border after DHS Authority Revoked

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Despite recently losing authority over agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Tuesday that he will "continue to crack down on illegal immigration" by enforcing state laws.

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"Toughest Sheriff in America" Stripped of ICE Agent Status

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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The 287(g) provision has been one of the most controversial aspects of the immigration debate because of allegations that law enforcement officers use 287(g) authorization to investigate the immigration status of individuals who have not committed serious crimes.

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AZ Politician Arrested on 93 Felony Charges, Allegedly Used Campaign Funds as Personal Slush Fund

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maricopa County (Phoenix), Maricopa County, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Maricopa Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Politics News

According to the official statement from MCSO, Stapley's response when picked up by officers was, "You've got to be kidding me."

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ACORN Subpoenaed By America's Toughest Sheriff: Federal Funds Allegedly Used For Political Attacks

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Arpaio told local reporters Thursday evening, "I have a sneaking suspicion that ACORN is using federal taxpayer dollars to pursue their own agenda because they don't like me."

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"America's Toughest Sheriff" Subject To Possible FBI Probe

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Sheriff Arpaio is famous for his jails, where inmates live in outdoor tents and wear pink underwear, pink flip-flops, and pink handcuffs.

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Obama Keeps Tough Immigration Policies Despite Promise To Break From Bush

The New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: E-Verify, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Hispanics, La Raza, John McCain, Politics News

After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...

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Joe Arpaio Ignores Feds, Won't Stop Arresting Illegal Immigrants

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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PHOENIX — The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. The Homeland Secur...

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio: "I Am Not Cyber Stalking John McCain's Daughter"

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued an official statement late Friday afternoon denying allegations by Meghan McCain, daughter of form...

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McCain's Hometown Sheriff Ditches McCain For The Colbert Report

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Sheriff Joe, who is famous for his reality show, tent-based jails, and large contingent of immigration enforcement officers, says he never intended to appear before McCain and other senators at Monday's hearing.

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Al Sharpton and ACORN Call For Arizona Sheriff To Resign, Or Else

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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rpaio seemed not to know Al Sharpton, saying, "What is his name? Sharpton? He wants me to resign? Have I got news for him. He can stick that in his pipe and smoke it."

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Viewers Riled up Over NOW on PBS Show on Illegal Immigration

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

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This week's special NOW on PBS investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a hard-line sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, received an unprecedented avalanche of responses from NOW viewers.

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21st Century Bull Connor: Shameless Intransigence

Bertha Lewis | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Thousands of immigrant families are living in terror under Sheriff Arpaio's reign. We can't let his racist policing continue.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will Not Be Prosecuted For Racial Profiling Or Discrimination

Dawn Teo | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Critics of Sheriff Joe "Tent City" Arpaio have been celebrating but the revelry is premature: Neither Arpaio nor his officers will be prosecuted, punished, or sanctioned.

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Mexican Gov Denounces "Toughest Sheriff in America" TV Reality Star -- Sheriff Invites Critics to Investigate Personally

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Sheriff Arpaio is as controversial as he is popular, oscillating between a conservative media darling (even landing his own reality TV show) and a liberal media pariah.

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Lawmakers, Activists Demand New Investigation of Toughest Sheriff in America

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Lawmakers, union leaders, human rights groups, Democratic Party leaders, and celebrities are taking on the "Toughest Sheriff in America" for policies that they say encourage racial profilin and civil rights violations.

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21st Century Bull Connor Closer to Feeling Fire Hose Turned on Him

Bertha Lewis | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, John Conyers, Acorn, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Janet Napolitano, Jerrold Nadler, Joe Arpaio, Bertha Lewis, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Eric Holder, Immigration Debate, Politics News

The Arpaio spectacle shows that a police-state solution does not work.

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The Unconscionable Idiot of the Week Award Goes To...

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Prison, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

What better way to welcome immigrants to America, where everyone is supposedly innocent until proven guilty, than march them in chains to a temporary concentration camp encircled with a high-voltage fence.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Separates Mother from Children, Immigrant Crack Down

Matt Palevsky | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ciria Lopez, Salvador Reza, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Illegal Immigrants, Jim Webb, Sheriff Arpaio, Arpaio Arrest 2009, Joe Arpaio, Politics News

Two young children were separated from their mother, Ciria Lopez, in Maricopa County, Arizona earlier this week when she was arrested for an unpaid tr...

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