East Valley Tribune - Immigration http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/section/borderissues East Valley Tribune - Immigration © Copyright East Valley Tribune 2008. All Rights Reserved. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:04:59 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ web@aztrib.com East Valley Tribune http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/evtlogo_rss.gif http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ 88 33 East Valley Tribune <![CDATA[Group criticizes Arpaio at Phoenix event]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123543 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:08:54 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123543 Hundreds of people condemned the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for what they called lagging law enforcement efforts during an animated "public hearing" Tuesday evening in Phoenix.

VIDEO: Group rallies against Sheriff Arpaio

]]> <![CDATA[Virtual fence construction in Arizona on hold]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123525 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:06:06 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123525 TUCSON - Officials say construction on "virtual fence" projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands.

]]> <![CDATA[Border agents catch 62 illegal immigrants]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123442 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:53:09 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123442 TUCSON - U.S. Border Patrol agents working near Naco have caught a large group of illegal immigrants.

]]> <![CDATA[Arpaio sweep nets 102 West Valley arrests]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123199 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:49:48 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123199 The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's crime sweep in the West Valley this week brought in 81 illegal immigrants, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday.

]]> <![CDATA[Border Patrol agent shoots man at U.S.-Mexico line]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123162 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:46:14 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123162 SAN DIEGO - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man as agents clashed with a group of rock-throwing assailants, marking the latest confrontation along a violent stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Wednesday.

]]> <![CDATA[Just 6 sign up for self-deportation in 1st week]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123109 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:34:36 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123109 Just six illegal immigrants volunteered to leave the United States in the first week of a pilot program inviting nearly a half-million people to self-deport, federal officials said.

]]> <![CDATA[Reasonable Doubt Part V: Why no one is willing to hold Sheriff Arpaio accountable]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120706 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:25:08 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120706 Sheriff Joe Arpaio famously and frequently likes to remind people about his nearly unlimited scope and powers in Maricopa County.

MCSO stymies official requests for information

Key dates in the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

Key findings of the Tribune project

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]]> <![CDATA[Reasonable Doubt Part IV: Public safety shortchanged throughout county]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120637 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:28:47 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120637 In Guadalupe, grocery store employees waited in vain for help during an armed robbery. In Queen Creek, vandalism spread through a neighborhood where Maricopa County sheriff's deputies rarely patrolled.

VIDEO: Guadalupe store owner talks about late emergency response

Key dates in the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

Key findings of the Tribune project

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]]> <![CDATA[Reasonable Doubt Part III: Sweeps and saturation patrols violate federal civil rights regulations]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120562 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:55:56 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120562 One Monday morning in December, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sent several of its most highly trained deputies to arrest day laborers.

Immigration arrests cause conflicting loyalties for Hispanic deputies

Key dates in the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

Key findings of the Tribune project

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]]> <![CDATA[Reasonable Doubt Part II: Overtime led to MCSO budget crisis, records show]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120468 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:08:12 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120468 The Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office drove itself into financial crisis last year with an overtime spending binge on operations to arrest illegal immigrants.

Human smuggling unit in action

Key dates in the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

Key findings of the Tribune project

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]]> <![CDATA[Reasonable Doubt Part I: MCSO evolves into an immigration agency]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120461 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:36:16 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120461 For more than two years, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched his deputies to arrest hundreds of illegal immigrants as he’s retooled his force into an immigration enforcement agency.

Editors note: How we did the project

Arpaios view on who to go after has changed

Key dates in the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

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]]> <![CDATA[Federal judge raises questions on sanctions law]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/106666 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:48:56 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/106666 A federal judge is raising some last-minute questions about Arizona's new employer sanctions law that could provide the grounds for him to declare it unconstitutional.

]]> <![CDATA[Businesses fighting state's employer sanctions statute]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/105381 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:41:45 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/105381 Companies who admit they're breaking federal immigration laws should not be able to anonymously challenge a new Arizona statute, the state's chief litigator is arguing.

]]> <![CDATA[Businesses feel early pinch of workers law]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/105446 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:38:36 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/105446 Bad. Bad. Bad. That's how Mesa business owner Ramon Quintana describes the crisis facing Hispanic-oriented companies as people in the Latino community lose their jobs and flee the area for friendlier frontiers.

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