What do y'all thought of latest immigration raid Arpaio: Mesa ignored report of illegal immigrants?

[pete]

I love these stories. It really does start at a grass roots level. People are getting tired of be violated.

[alleyne]

I think it's bogus and the numbers are probably not accurate! Sheriff Joe Arpaio is under the FBI's microscope right now for abusing his power, racial profiling and costing the counties tax payers Millions for all the law suits against him ($42M and counting) google it! So how can we believe what they are saying especially when the Arizona Country Attorney "Andrew Thomas" backs him up and has very good ties with the media. Andrew Thomas! the same guy that invented "Latin America-Style Violence" for ONE incident that happened in Phoenix. Joe Arpaio's numbers on these raids have also been reported to be UNCLEAR!!!! and more violent crime has been reported after the raids. Hmmmm!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/10/04/20081004arpaio-sweeps1004.html#comments
Impact of Arpaio's crime sweeps is unclear

The impact of the sweeps on crime is less clear. The sheriff's goal for the sweeps is to improve public safety and suppress crime, plus drive out illegal immigrants.

In four of five smaller areas where sweeps occurred, calls for assistance increased or were relatively flat right after the raid compared with the same period a year earlier. In the other area, they declined.

In neighborhoods of north and east Phoenix, data show that total violent crimes rose after deputies conducted saturation raids. In Fountain Hills, sheriff's statistics show deputies dealt with more major crimes this June than they did in June 2007, yet fewer overall crimes