Sheriff Apao is banned from enforcing immigration laws

Sheriff Apao is banned from enforcing immigration laws After a three-year investigation, the Justice Department charged on the 15th that the Maricopa County Sheriff, who is famous for cracking down on illegal immigration...

After a three-year investigation, the Justice Department accused on the 15th that the Maricopa County Sheriff, Sheriff Arpaio, who is famous for cracking down on illegal immigration, and his subordinates, in the process of cracking down on illegal immigration, specifically conducted racial detection on Hispanics and did not arrest people illegally, violating civil rights laws. Immediately after the Department of Justice announced its findings, Internal Security Minister Jeanine Napolitano announced that the Department of Homeland Security was terminating the federal-Alberta agreement that allowed the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to enforce immigration regulations. The Justice Department said in the 22-page investigative report that Apao's officers frequently illegally interrogated and arrested Hispanics, but there was no evidence that they used excessive force or failed to properly protect the Hispanic community.

Director of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Perrei, said: "We found that discriminatory law enforcement is deeply rooted in the culture of this police department, leading officers to long-term neglect of the basic rights protected by the Constitution." Chief Apao denied the accusations of racial profiling raised by Hispanics and civil rights activists. The Justice Department also said Arpaio officers frequently visited a local business to interrogate people with dark skin or who spoke Spanish. The Justice Department said Hispanic motorists were four to nine times more likely to be questioned than non-Hispanics, and Arpaio and his officers harassed those who spoke out against the practice. The Maricopa County Jail also frequently discriminates against Hispanic inmates who do not speak English well. The Department of Justice gave the Maricopa County Police Department until January 4 next year to agree to negotiate to resolve the issue, and also warned that if the bureau does not comply, the Department of Justice will resort to court to force the bureau to comply. Maricopa County Prosecutor Montgomery said on the 16th that the Minister of Internal Security did not allow the county Sheriff’s Office to check the immigration status of suspects, which would eventually lead to the release of criminals into the community and affect public security. He asked President Obama to step in and restore the county's ability to conduct background checks on criminals. Montgomery said the Justice Department's investigative report had "no merit." Doing so, he said, would only put the state's residents at risk. Montgomery will ask President Obama to order the reopening of the federal immigration database to local police.