SCOTUS Won’t Hear Sheriff Arpaio’s Case Against Obama On Immigration

Joseph M. "Joe" Arpaio Joe Arpaio 'Tent City' at Maricopa County Jail, Maricopa County, Arizona, America - Feb 2015 *Full story: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/q4jw Tent City is regularly named as one of the wo... Joseph M. "Joe" Arpaio Joe Arpaio 'Tent City' at Maricopa County Jail, Maricopa County, Arizona, America - Feb 2015 *Full story: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/q4jw Tent City is regularly named as one of the worst prisons in America. The notorious convict camp is located in the Arizona desert where temperatures regularly top 130 degrees and more. As its name suggests inmates live outside in Army surplus tents that are unheated in the winter and uncooled in the summer. The only permanent buildings house showers and a canteen where meals are served. Tent City is the brainchild of Joe Arpaio, the six-time elected sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio styles himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff" and the controversial figure has been accused of a list of crimes, including abuse of power, misuse of funds and failure to investigate sex crimes. His jails have twice been ruled unconstitutional. He set up Tent City, which is an extension of the Maricopa County Jail, in 1993. He has since described Tent City, which can accommodate up to 2,126 inmates, as a 'concentration camp'. (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it will not take up a lawsuit filed by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenging President Obama’s executive actions allowing certain undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of deportation.

Arpaio, known for his anti-immigrant sentiments and birtherism, has asked the courts to block the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) programs, which allow those undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and parents of permanent residents to defer their deportation from the country. Arpaio argued that the programs motivated immigrants to come to the U.S. He also said that the program would result in police arresting more undocumented immigrants for crimes, which would burden law enforcement and impact available jail space.

A U.S. appeals court in August ruled that Arpaio did not have the standing to file a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.

Arpaio in July settled a lawsuit with the Department of Justice, which alleged that the sheriff had discriminated against Hispanic immigrants during traffic stops.

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  1. Have any of the Usual Suspects started screaming the Supreme Court is full of liberals yet?

    And by ‘full of liberals’ they mean ANY.

  2. Its no surprise that Kenya controls Roberts’s court.

  3. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    I’d love to see good old boy Arpaio run his department without any federal funds.

  4. Cruz: This is clear that SCOTUS supports Kenya and not my birth place, Canada.

  5. One look at that nose tells you he is probably half in the bag on a regular basis.

    Republican = Moron. Duh!

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