Yavapai County Sheriff David Rose, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone hold a press conference on Wednesday, May 10, ahead of the end of Title 42, which expires at midnight Thursday, May 11. did
“Rule of law” was a frequently quoted phrase during conferences discussing the end of Title 42, which has been in force for the past three years, and the need for border police to expedite deporting asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. It was intended to allow .
The Title 42 provision was enacted as part of the Public Health Services Act of 1944 to allow federal authorities to limit asylum to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The policy was implemented under former President Donald Trump on COVID-19 in March 2020 and was extended by current President Joe Biden in October 2022 to include asylum seekers from Venezuela.
A federal judge ruled in November 2022 that expulsion under Title 42 violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and the federal government formally declared a COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11. Once terminated, the law ceased to apply.
Rhodes called on all organizations transporting migrants to cooperate with local authorities, urged migrants to “obey the law” and reminded traffickers to be prosecuted.
Rhodes, a Republican, also called on Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobb during the conference to dissolve the Arizona Department of Security’s Border Strike Force and reallocate its state funds directly to border law enforcement and nonprofits. He also mentioned what he wanted.
“Our strategy is to have the state budget work with the Governor’s Office to restore funding for the Border Strike Force, and the funds will be sent to local counties to form special forces capable of dealing with ongoing organized crime. The idea was to form a task force for the purpose,” Rose said. “This is a very important point because small counties don’t have the resources to hire people or increase law enforcement immediately.”
Mr. Rose claimed that U’s nonimmigrant status visa was of further concern to him. The U visa is for abused crime victims. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the program “is intended to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking of noncitizens while protecting victims. and
“About 10,000 [U visas] It is approved or issued on an annual basis,” Rose said. “But about 350,000 of them go untreated … Criminals in other countries are aware of it too, and they come to America to fabricate the crimes committed against them … The important thing to know is when people are arrested for committing a state crime and are recorded in the county. [U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement] You will be notified.we are asking for it [the federal government] We need to be more aggressive about deporting people who are in the country and have committed crimes, and they need to be deported. “
“There is one particular policy that is starting to take hold and that is to drop migrants on the streets when they cross the border.” [and have] processed by [federal authorities]. Given the court date, they have nowhere to go,” said Rose, who was recently appointed president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association. “For drop-offs that have occurred in various communities around this state, we should contact local authorities and law enforcement in those communities.”
Penzone, a Democrat, complained about the 2021 changes to Arizona’s property forfeiture law. The law now requires a criminal conviction under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution before it can confiscate the “wrongful gains of the wrongdoer.” The change was also cited by a task force of the Counter-Drug Trafficking Partners, Yavapai County’s drug enforcement agency, as contributing to budgetary issues.
Penzone, who was recently appointed vice president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association, said, “We must restore the laws related to the seizure of ill-gotten goods.” “assets
The profits of organizations, cartels and other groups that make money from human trafficking, sex trafficking and drug trafficking because of border issues should be confiscated. “
“Our message to the people of Arizona is that the Arizona Sheriff will enforce the law and hold them accountable when they violate state law,” Lamb, a Republican, said. Lam also claimed that 50% of illegal drugs entering the country come through Arizona.
