Immigration

October 29, 2009

• Immigration Enforcement and Sheriff Joe Arpaio   |   Video
  • Alessandra Soler Meetze, Executive Director of the ACLU of Arizona, talks about the decision by the federal authorities to not renew the 287 (g) agreement that would allow Sheriff Joe Arpaio to continue immigration enforcement on the streets.

June 25, 2009

• Immigration and Families  |   Video
  • A Phoenix girl’s parents were arrested during one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration sweeps. In a video posted on YouTube.com, nine-year-old Katherine Figueroa pleads with President Obama to help get her parents back. Lydia Guzman from Somos America and Katherine Figueroa talk to HORIZONTE about the video and how the immigration issue is affecting families in the community.

April 9, 2009

• Border Violence Roundtable  |   Video
  • The federal government plans to spend more than $400 million upgrading ports of entry and surveillance technologies in an effort to stop drugs and arms smuggling and the violence along the U.S-Mexico border. Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris, DEA Special Agent in Charge Elizabeth Kempshall and ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell discuss what their agencies are doing to stop the Mexican drug war in Arizona.

March 19, 2009

• Sheriff Joe Arpaio  |   Video
  • East Valley Tribune's Ryan Gabrielson and independent journalist Valeria Fernandez talk about the U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

October 30, 2008

• Mesa Mayor Scott Smith  |   Video
  • Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies conducted a recent late-night sweep for undocumented immigrant workers in Mesa that targeted contracted cleaning crews in city buildings, including the public library. Mesa Mayor Scott Smith discusses the operation and the results of his meeting about the sweep with Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
• Dia de los Muertos  |   Video
  • In Horizonte's "SOC" Sounds of Cultura, a look at the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, when many remember loved ones who have died. They prepare special foods, decorate cemeteries and even have parades. It's their belief that the spirit of the dead comes out and visits their families.
• ICE Chief  |   Video
  • Matthew Allen, the special agent in charge of investigations for the Arizona office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), discusses the department's audit of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office, his priorities for the state when it comes to smuggling and more.

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