Thursday, December 22, 2011

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio shows his badge as he holds a ceremony Wednesday where 92 of his immigration jail officers, who lost their federal power to check whether inmates are in the county illegally, turn in their credentials. / By Ross D. Franklin, AP
PHOENIX (AP) — Dozens of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail officers lined up at a news conference in Phoenix Wednesday to ceremoniously hand in their federal credentials a week after they were stripped of the ability to verify the immigration status of inmates.
Arpaio spoke at the same news conference, saying he's going to hold the federal government to its promise to send 50 federal agents to do such screening in his jail. But he predicted there will be illegal immigrants in jail who won't be deported and will be put back on streets.

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