Sheriff Joe Arpaio is doubling down on his defiance of the Feds.
In November, the Department of Homeland Security stripped 100 Maricopa County deputies of their ability to make immigration arrests, amid a slew of complaints that the controversial sheriff was using racial profiling techniques to round up suspected illegal immigrants.But now, in what can only be described as a giant F.U. to the U.S. government, Sheriff Joe has announced that he’ll train all 881 of his deputies to enforce federal immigration law, reports the AP.
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