"Dignity not Detention" Arizona Campaign
For the last three years the Federal Government, the Department of Homeland Security and more specifically the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has been cooperating and working with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office (MCSO). This collaboration between the Federal Government and Maricopa County Sheriffs Office has created a Human and Civil Rights crisis in Maricopa County. With the aide of the Federal Government Sheriff Joe Arpaio has led a rampant campaign of racial profiling; terrorizing of Maricopa County neighborhoods and atrocious conditions and treatment of all inmates at Maricopa County Jails. Arpaio’s actions are the result of the federal government’s failure to protect basic human rights and fundamental due process in its enforcement of immigration laws and use of detention. Arpaio is just one example of the gross mismanagement and lack of federal oversight of immigration enforcement programs and detention facilities.
Congressional hearings have taken place; Federal Investigations by the Justice Department and FBI into Arpaio’s conduct are currently underway; yet MCSO continues on its quest to single-handedly terrorize Maricopa County with Federal Authority Supervision. Given current conditions in Maricopa County Puente calls for the Federal Government to terminate all ICE and Federal contracts between the Federal Government and the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office. Arpaio should not be allowed to continue his reign of terror under federal governmental authority.
For more information about Puente please contact Carlos Garcia at carlos@puenteaz.org or call 602-314-5870
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