During his time as sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, Joe Arpaio targeted Latinos to crack down on illegal immigration, which may soon cost residents over a quarter of a billion dollars.
Fresh from losing her election lawsuit against Maricopa County and Arizona Governor-elect Katie Hobbs, defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and her lawyers are now facing possible legal sanctions.
Arizona, a once deep red stronghold of the Republican party, flipped blue when Democrat Katie Hobbs defeated Kari Lake during the midterm elections. However, Lake refused to concede and has forced a Maricopa County election official into hiding because of death threats.
There is an ongoing rift in the Republican party, and it is clear to see in Arizona as the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County board of supervisors, Bill Gates, claps back at Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
The long and arduous journey detailing the rise and fall of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the Latino resistance that selflessly fought against his regime, is detailed in the new book "Driving While Brown: Sheriff Arpaio Versus the Latino Resistance."
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the six-time elected sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has reached a partial settlement with the Department of Justice over its civil rights lawsuit against him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Maricopa County, Arizona.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- who has been at the center of controversy for his crackdown on immigrants in Maricopa County for several years -- issued an apology in court this week for ignoring a previous order to cease his immigration patrols during an investigation of the program.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has struck down an Arizona state constitutional amendment that banned judges from considering bail for undocumented immigrants suspected of a crime.
Following criticism of the militarization of law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri, and the subsequent order for a review of such activities, national organizations are highlighting Arizona police and their use of military-grade weapons.
According to a Friday court filing, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is fighting against rulings made by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow to address findings of racial profiling in Arpaio's department, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Today is the last day to sign a petition to recall Joe Arpaio, the controversial anti-immigration sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz. A federal judge ruled late last week that Arpaio’s office engaged in illegal racial profiling of Hispanics and ordered an immediate end to those policies.
Joe Arpaio, the controversial sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, has been reprimanded by a federal judge for racially profiling Latinos suspected of being undocumented immigrants, most of whom were American citizens or legal residents.
