Judge blocks sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raids on undocumented workers in Arizona

*This is good, kinda. The federal ruling says Arpaio’s raids are probably unconstitutional. So a judge stopped them. We’ll see if this preeliminary injunction holds up. VL

 

By Rory Carroll, The Guardian

A federal judge has ordered sheriff Joe Arpaio to halt workplace raids which net undocumented people in Arizona, in the latest legal restraint on “America’s toughest sheriff”.

Judge David Campbell ruled on Monday that the raids in Maricopa county were probably unconstitutional and should be stopped pending a federal lawsuit which aims to ban them.

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