Arpaio blasts courts over migrants serving probation

Carolyn Hileman* | February 19, 2008

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday accused judges of allowing undocumented immigrants convicted of felonies and sentenced to probation to “roam the streets” - a charge that the courts say is off base. Arpaio leveled the charge during a news conference to hail the efforts of his own department, which in the past four months has used an 11-person unit to track down and arrest 110 of the convicted immigrants serving probation. Court officials point out that judges don’t have authority to deport defendants - only federal officials do - and that courts around the state have actually put into place new procedures that help identify defendants who are in the country illegally so that immigration authorities would be aware of the convicts before they’re released on probation.

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