Arizona Sheriff to Bar Illegal Immigrants from Visiting County Jail Inmates
By Bob McClay/KTAR
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is developing a system designed to keep (Hispanics) illegal immigrants from visiting county jail inmates: deputies will do background checks on every (Mexican) one who comes for a jail visit.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says one man decides who gets to visit an incarcerated loved one. "I run the jail. I decide who goes in there." Arpaio went on to say, "We will be looking at some type of procedure where we identify illegals (Hispanics) coming into the jail. They won't be able to come in."
When (Mexicans) someone comes to the jail to visit an inmate, they are required to show ID. Arpaio says the background check will be completed before their next jail visit. "I run the jail and I have to be careful for security reasons," Arpaio said (in between spittin' out chewing tobacco)
Those (Mexicans) who can't prove citizenship would be denied a second visit and could be arrested.
Arpaio says screening (Hispanic) jail visitors is nothing new. Since 2004, over 1,600 people with felony criminal histories have been turned away when trying to visit a Maricopa County jail inmate.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says one man decides who gets to visit an incarcerated loved one. "I run the jail. I decide who goes in there." Arpaio went on to say, "We will be looking at some type of procedure where we identify illegals (Hispanics) coming into the jail. They won't be able to come in."
When (Mexicans) someone comes to the jail to visit an inmate, they are required to show ID. Arpaio says the background check will be completed before their next jail visit. "I run the jail and I have to be careful for security reasons," Arpaio said (in between spittin' out chewing tobacco)
Those (Mexicans) who can't prove citizenship would be denied a second visit and could be arrested.
Arpaio says screening (Hispanic) jail visitors is nothing new. Since 2004, over 1,600 people with felony criminal histories have been turned away when trying to visit a Maricopa County jail inmate.
By Bob McClay/KTAR