SHERIFF ARPAIO CONTINUES TO CRACKDOWN ON SUSPECTS USING FALSE IDS

31 Arrested in Morning Operation

March 15, 2012

(Tempe, AZ) Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says subsequent to an

investigation involving serious crimes of ID theft, his deputies conducted the 58th employer sanction/identity theft operation this morning when they executed a search warrant involving 34 suspects using stolen identifications, a felony charge. Acting on a source, an investigation of the 21st Century Healthcare located at 2100 block of S. Wilson Street in Tempe was initiated. The factory was suspected of currently employing numerous suspects, all using false identifications. Sheriffs Deputies arrested 31 suspects during the course of the operation. The investigation is continuing. In the previous 57 employer sanctions/identity theft operations, 100% of all suspects found to be committing identity theft to gain employment were illegal aliens. Arpaio says, Illegal aliens are stealing identities of U.S. citizens to gain employment which escalates our unemployment problems. I dont believe we should tolerate this. Furthermore, I will continue to enforce all federal and state illegal immigration laws in the business sector through human smuggling and crime suppression operations, despite 100 West Washington, Suite 1900, Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Phone: (602) 876-1801 Fax: (602) 258-2081
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activists, some elected officials and the federal government who have concerns regarding our operations. Arpaio stresses that one of the benefits of these employer sanctions/identity theft operations is that they open up job opportunities for legal citizens. The Maricopa County Sheriffs office has investigated, arrested on the streets and in the jails over 51,000 illegal aliens.

100 West Washington, Suite 1900, Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Phone: (602) 876-1801 Fax: (602) 258-2081
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