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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
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Federal Court in Arizona Permanently Bars Maricopa County from Arresting and Charging Immigrants with "Conspiracy to Transport Themselves"
"On September 27, 2013, a federal court in Arizona issued a permanent injunction stating "Defendants Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney William G. Montgomery, and their agents, employees, successors in office...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
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Maricopa County, once a deportation powerhouse, reverses course over Dallas County lawsuit
Naomi Martin, Dianne Solis, Dallas Morning News, Feb. 20, 2017 - "A lawsuit filed by immigrants against Dallas County has prompted an about-face in Maricopa County, once known as a deportation powerhouse under former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio's...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Maricopa County Ends 'Self-Smuggling' Prosecutions, Settles Lawsuit
"Maricopa County will pay $675,000 to settle a lawsuit over a controversial policy of prosecuting [unauthorized] immigrants for conspiracy to smuggle themselves into the country. The practice was instituted by Andrew Thomas when he was county attorney...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judge: Maricopa County Can't Prosecute Migrants For Smuggling Themselves
"A federal district judge has ruled that one of Maricopa County's most controversial enforcement policies impacting undocumented immigrants must end. On Friday, Judge Robert Broomfield ruled the county of Sheriff Joe Arpaio must immediately stop...
LexisNexis Emerging Issues Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Arizona Launches Site To Net Cash For Border Fence
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. - (AP) Arizona launched a fundraising website Wednesday as the first step in a newly authorized project to use private donations and inmate labor to build fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The website, buildtheborderfence.com, received...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Ariz. County To Pay $2M To La. Man Shot In Eye
PHOENIX - (AP) An Arizona county will pay $2 million to a Louisiana man who claims he was shot in the eye in a road rage incident involving two of the county's deputies who were working in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Maricopa...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Arizona Files Appeal As Sheriff Launches New Sweep
PHOENIX - (AP) The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Arizona Sheriff Defends Immigration Law
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - (AP) An Arizona sheriff known for his tough stance on illegal immigration defended his state's new immigration-enforcement law Tuesday as he stumped for the Kansas secretary of state candidate who helped write it. Maricopa County...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
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Judge: 2 Hispanics Illegally Stopped In Arizona Raid
PHOENIX - (AP) A federal judge ruled Monday that deputies violated the rights of two men who were detained during one of the workplace raids the Phoenix area's controversial sheriff uses to enforce immigration laws. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Judge: Arizona Green Party Candidates To Stay On Ballot
PHOENIX - (AP) Nine disputed Arizona Green Party nominees, labeled "sham candidates" because they were allegedly recruited by Republicans to siphon away support for Democrats, can stay on the November ballot, a federal judge ruled late Thursday...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
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Arizona Sheriff, Ex-Prosecutor Sued Over Probes
PHOENIX - (AP) A total of four lawsuits have been filed against a former prosecutor and an Arizona sheriff known for his anti-illegal immigration tactics in the metropolitan Phoenix area. Two former judges, a current judge and two Maricopa County officials...