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ICE’s heavy-handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s

For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff’s department after Joe Arpaio made it into a national flash point for extreme immigration tactics. After a legal immigrant sued Arpaio and the county Sheriff’s Office, a federal district court ruled in 2015 that Arpaio…

The Conversation

This Texas House GOP nominee once urged Republicans to soften their immigration rhetoric. He’s changed his tune.

In 2012, the New York Times interviewed Brad Bailey at the Republican National Convention about his efforts to get the party “stop the hatred language and fix the problem.”

The Texas Tribune

More and more local law enforcement agencies are partnering with ICE

As many as 15,800 local law enforcement officers have been deputized to enforce immigration law, report finds

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Arizona sheriff's office misused millions meant to remedy racial profiling, report reveals

The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix has spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency

The Independent UK

Trump officials increasingly recruit local police for immigration enforcement despite ‘red flags’

Agreements with agencies in 38 states resurrect aggressive tactics shelved more than a decade ago amid alarm about civil rights abuses

The Guardian - US

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in…

The Conversation

Sheriffs would be required to cooperate with immigration agents under bill approved by Senate

Senate Bill 8 would require sheriffs in urban counties to enter into 287g agreements with ICE, which can then train deputies and jailers on how to identify and apprehend undocumented immigrants.

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Arizona lawmakers ready ‘bounty’ bill that would pay police agencies $2,500 for every migrant deported

Proposal comes as some states seek stepped-up immigration powers to support Trump deportation agenda

The Independent UK

‘A publicity stunt’: activists decry Trump’s immigration raids marketed as ‘entertainment’

Cops TV-style content called ‘deliberate strategy to desensitize’ with ‘calculated cruelty’ on full blast

The Guardian - US

Special Counsel Weiss Files Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Indictment in California Hunter Biden Case

"The defendant’s motion should be denied since there is no binding authority on this Court which requires dismissal."

Reason

Comparing Trump's Pardon of Arpaio and Biden's Pardon of Biden

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

Reason

These local sheriffs are already preparing to help Trump carry out his mass deportation plans

Local sheriffs could help ICE find and detain migrants, raising alarms from civil rights advocates

The Independent UK

Arizona immigrants fear return to mass arrests as state passes ‘secure our border’ act

A generation of Arizonans revolted against hardline immigration policies and won important battles. This year, the state voted to bring those policies back

The Guardian - US

US states urged to find new ways to block Trump’s mass deportation plan

California and other states must mount aggressive, multipronged response to defend immigrants, advocates warn

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Voters in battleground Arizona to decide if local agencies can police illegal immigration

Arizona voters are set to decide whether to let local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico

Reason

How the Feds Destroyed Backpage.com and Its Founders

By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.

The Guardian - US

Arizona county sheriffs say they will not enforce immigration measure if passed

On the ballot in November is a measure that will make it a state crime for migrants to cross into the US unofficially

The Independent UK

The Arizona county that could determine the presidency

Maricopa County was Republican country for decades. Now Kamala Harris must win it to lock up Arizona

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The Guardian - US

Trump favorite Kari Lake wins Arizona’s Republican Senate primary

Far-right firebrand to face off against Democrat Ruben Gallego for US Senate seat vacated by Kyrsten Sinema

Latin Times

In search of Latino vote in Arizona, new Biden ad showcases Trump "kissing" controversial Arpaio

The former sheriff is known for tactics such as holding immigrants in tent cities in the heat and having male immigrant detainees wear pink underwear

The Guardian - US

‘Rigged’: Trump attacks judge and courts in first post-conviction rally

Ex-president in Arizona warns appeal courts to ‘step up and straighten things out’ and insists he committed no crimes

The Independent UK

Taxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M

The taxpayer costs for the racial profiling verdict arising from then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns are expected to reach $314 million by mid-summer 2025

The Independent UK

Sheriff Paul Penzone of Arizona's Maricopa County says he's stepping down a year early in January

Sheriff Paul Penzone of Arizona's Maricopa County says he is resigning in January after serving almost two terms

Reason

Backpage Founder, Alt-Weekly Entrepreneur, and Free Speech Warrior James Larkin Has Died

Larkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in running the web-classifieds platform Backpage.

The Independent UK

Taxpayers will wind up paying over quarter billion dollars in Joe Arpaio's racial profiling case

The taxpayer bill for the racial profiling case stemming from former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns will reach $273 million by the summer of 2024

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