Arpaioās 287(g) Circus: Latino Drivers, Guns Drawn, Lawsuits Served
Seventeen years ago in north Phoenix, Manuel Nieto Jr. stopped for cigs and Gatorade only to star in deputy drama with guns drawn, sirens wailing, and immigration checks so aggressive they made Trumpās task force look like neighborhood watch. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, self-styled sheriff of racial profiling city, used the federal 287(g) program like a BOGO deal on civil rights violations, targeting anyone looking Latino for traffic stops and raids. Despite a 2011 class-action lawsuit, 368 paragraphs of reforms, and a federal judge throwing shade harder than a desert sun, Maricopa County still hasnāt purged deputies convincing themselves they're immigration agents rather than public servants. Arpaio claims political persecution and vows, 'Iād do it over again.' Spoiler: The DOJ and ICE ghosted all interview invites.
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When your local police get deputized to play immigration agents under a program started by Sheriff Arpaio, surprise: Latino drivers become special guests at 368 pages of court-ordered anti-profiling reforms with zero end in sight.
Somewhere between buying Gatorade and getting pulled over, Manuel Nieto Jr. got a crash course in how Maricopa County retrofitted deputies into deportation DJs spinning racial profiling on repeat.
287(g) in Maricopa County: where every traffic stop extends longer than a Netflix binge and a judgeās 368-paragraph reform list just feels like polite pleading.
Source: Propublica | Published: 10/21/2025 | Author: by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria
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