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As political rhetoric and fractured coordination reshape enforcement, police chiefs and sheriffs face rising risks to officer safety, legal exposure and institutional trust
From political violence and immigration enforcement to shifting criminal justice policy, 2025 forced local law enforcement to absorb the consequences of national decisions — regardless of ideology
The 5th Circuit upheld a human trafficking conviction after ruling a deputy’s detention and search were supported by reasonable suspicion
Several protesters called for the arrest — or deportation — of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The city of Phoenix filled with protesters, including dozens who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear
“We will battle all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, for the right to protect the citizens of Arizona”
The most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law will not take effect... for now
Maricopa County alone deported a quarter of the national total of 115,841
Fingerprints of everyone who is booked into jail for any crime will be run against FBI criminal-history records and immigration records to determine who is in the country illegally
Mexican shelters are preparing for the arrival of deportees
Law is scheduled to take effect next week, but several civil rights groups want it dismissed
They declined to specify what the ‘civil disobedience’ would be, but emphasized it will be nonviolent
Graffiti message says there will be another car bombing if corrupt federal police agents in Mexico are not arrested
1,200 troops will combat drug-related violence in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas for one year
This was the first of seven challenges to the new law
The man is on probation and is not supposed to leave the country
Feds to use racial profiling as ‘tools’ against illegals law
Mexican police reported a shootout near the bridge shortly after the vehicle crossed into Juarez
Drivers were ushered one by one into a back room, where they were handcuffed
What started off as a civil right issue is now about the state’s right to enforce
Graffiti surfaced recently threatening Mexican federal officers
Illegal immigrants have been caught entering San Diego County by sea more than 60 times since last October
Says the federal government has pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters
Arrested Friday with 69 packets of marijuana, an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun
Earlier that same day, 21 people were massacred in a gang fight 12 miles south of the Ariz. border
Officers warned they can be fired for acting on basis of race, lying about it
Attorney General wrote a letterto the White House after seven shots were fired into the building
Designed to teach officers to enforce the crackdown on illegal immigration without racially profiling
Effort to modernize the identification and removal of illegals convicted of crimes in the US
Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka was among El Paso’s most wanted juveniles with at least four arrests since 2008
Nearly 20 states may soon follow in the Arizona’s footsteps
Suspect had ‘extensive’ criminal history, including a conviction for sexual penetration of a child younger than 13
Smugglers threatened two off-duty officers after they stopped a vehicle filled with 400 pounds of marijuana
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