Sheriff to Bar Illegals from Visiting County Jail Inmates
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is developing system designed to keep illegal immigrants from visiting county jail inmates.
Sheriff's deputies would do background checks on every one who comes for a jail visit.
"We will be looking at some type of procedure where we identify illegals coming into the jail. They won't be able to come in."
When someone comes to the jail to visit an inmate, they're required to show ID. Arpaio says the background check will be completed before their next jail visit.
Those who can't prove citizenship would be denied a second visit and could be arrested.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says one man decides who gets to visit an incarcerated loved one. "I run the jail. I decide who goes in there."
"I run the jail and I have to be careful for security reasons."
Arpaio says screening jail visitors is nothing new. Since 2004, over 1,600 people with felony criminal histories have been turned away when trying to visit a Maricopa County jail inmate.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is developing system designed to keep illegal immigrants from visiting county jail inmates.
Sheriff's deputies would do background checks on every one who comes for a jail visit.
"We will be looking at some type of procedure where we identify illegals coming into the jail. They won't be able to come in."
When someone comes to the jail to visit an inmate, they're required to show ID. Arpaio says the background check will be completed before their next jail visit.
Those who can't prove citizenship would be denied a second visit and could be arrested.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says one man decides who gets to visit an incarcerated loved one. "I run the jail. I decide who goes in there."
"I run the jail and I have to be careful for security reasons."
Arpaio says screening jail visitors is nothing new. Since 2004, over 1,600 people with felony criminal histories have been turned away when trying to visit a Maricopa County jail inmate.
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The Klown says, "if you don't know who this guy is, get off my blog right now and never come back." GO JOE!! - GO JOE!! Oh, there's also this:
PHOENIX - The county sheriff said he won't disconnect a hot line he created for people to report information about illegal immigrants that has been decried as promoting ethnic profiling.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stressed Wednesday that deputies would investigate people only if authorities had probable cause.
The hot line began last Friday and has received about 300 messages, which include tips about family and friends, employment, day laborers, houses where smugglers drop illegal immigrants, and crank calls.
Arpaio said officials are analyzing the tips but have not acted on any of them.
"There's nothing unconstitutional about putting up a hotline," Arpaio said, pointing out that federal immigration officials have similar hot lines.
Yeah -- they have similar hotlines but they don't do shit when they get information -- but the Klown has a feeling that Joe Arpaio will be doing something with his info.
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