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Take
Action to End Racial Profiling! It's Time to Stop Sheriff Joe.
Greetings,
![]() In recent months, the hard
work of many has raised the profile of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the most
infamous Sheriff since Bull Connor, as the ugliest local face of the
failed national 287g program. The Sheriff's march of undocumented
inmates in a chain gang the New York Times described as "ritual humiliation" uncovered the
racial profiling and terror he's carried out on Maricopa County, and
made urgent the need for federal intervention.
Arpaio
deputizes vigilante posses to set up check points, dispatches uniformed
officers to roam the streets in ski masks, chases janitors with attack dogs and assault
weapons, and directs his law enforcement resources at the request
of known white supremacists.
40,000
people signed petitions condemning his actions. 5,000 people marched
peacefully in Phoenix on February 28 demanding federal intervention
to end Arpaio's abuses. Today the House Judiciary Committee
investigated the racial profiling inherent in the 287g program.
Yet,
Sheriff Joe continues to terrorize Maricopa County, taunting the
federal government, and daring them to act. We say enough is enough!
President Obama and his Secretary of Homeland Security, former
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, need to sever Arpaio's 287g
agreement now and restore the rule of law to Maricopa County.
Act
now! Send this letter to President Obama calling for the termination
of Sheriff Joe's 287g agreement!
And
join the facebook group "Outraged at Arpaio" by
clicking this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=65929682278&ref=ts
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Send
a letter to the following decision maker(s):
President
Barack Obama
Below
is the sample letter:
Subject:
We've Heard Enough. Please Terminate Sheriff Arpaio's 287g Agreement
Now.
Dear
[decision maker name automatically inserted here],
We
are asking you to work with Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet
Napolitano, to immediately terminate the 287(g) memorandum of
agreement between ICE and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Recently, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's alarming abuses brought to light the
dangers of local police departments enforcing federal immigration
laws. By now, we are certain you are aware of Sheriff Arpaio's
egregious abuses of the law and the subsequent 2,700 lawsuits filed
against him.
When local authorities attempt to enforce complicated federal
immigration laws, there is a great risk of civil rights violations
that endanger the public trust. Residents who are victims or
witnesses to crimes become hesitant to approach law enforcement and
law enforcement becomes prone to policing based on skin color or Spanish
accents as Phoenix Mayor Gordon states is happening in Maricopa
County. Sheriff Arpaio is an example of the worst that is possible
under the 287(g) agreements. His volunteer posses, sidewalks check
points, and armed pursuits of janitors has turned Maricopa County
into one of the worst sites of racial profiling and human rights
violations in the country.
Last month the Congressional Homeland Security Committee reviewed the
287g program and today the House Judiciary Committee investigated the
racial profiling inherent in its implementation.
As the President in charge of Homeland Security, we ask that you end
this dangerous program starting with Sheriff Arpaio in Maricopa
County.
As you have noted, the United States immigration policy is broken.
But as you must also know from Secretary Napolitano's time as the
former governor of Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g) agreement is
not part of the solution. Our communities cannot endure more sweeping
raids and humiliating chain gangs. We need you to use your power to
terminate Sheriff Arpaio's 287(g) immediately and freeze expansion of
this and similar programs until you can repeal them entirely. We are
hopeful that under your leadership, the federal government will
reassert its responsibility to enforce immigration laws in a fair and
responsible manner.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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