Every Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy will receive training on the authority of local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law under a program Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Monday afternoon.
All 881 sworn deputies in the agency will receive two hours of initial training, but sheriff’s administrators said the instruction will become part of the deputies’ ongoing education requirements. [full article]
Whether you like Sheriff Joe or not, you can’t deny he gets stuff done when it comes to illegal immigration. I just wish the rest of the state/country would push harder as well.
