 merrie says: Arpaio: Acorn Using Federal Money in Immigration Fight-Phoenix Business Journal "I believe the organization [ACORN] used state and federal funds meant to help poor people to conduct a campaign against me and my officers. These records will show, I believe, that ACORN is in bed with the anti-immigration enforcement organizations, which continue to demonstrate in front of my office trying to thwart my officers from enforcing state and federal law." http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/09/14/daily70.html After obtaining a copy of the subpoena, [ACORN Arizona director Monica Sandschafer] noted, "The subpoena does not seek any of the information Arpaio listed in his press release, which focused on funding." According to Sandschafer, instead of requesting financial records, the subpoena requests "any and all correspondence" related to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department and racial profiling that occurred between ACORN and parties, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the office of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. The subpoena goes as far as naming specific employees of the ACLU. Sandschafer proudly confirmed, “Arizona ACORN has been a leader in the campaign to end the racial profiling, civil rights abuses and harassment and intimidation being perpetrated on our Latino communities every day at the hands of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies in Maricopa County. In part, as a result of our work, Sheriff Arpaio is now under investigation by the US Justice Department.” [i]Sandschafter said although her ... |
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