Arizona Wants Cooperation from DHS

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and Maricopa County Sheriff JoeArpaio have written U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoffstrongly complaining about a top federal immigration official inPhoenix.

Napolitano and Arpaio do not directly name the special agent at theImmigration & Customs Enforcement Agency in Phoenix. But stategovernment and Sheriff’s office sources say the subject of thecriticism is Special Agent in Charge Roberto Medina. The governor andsheriff are upset with lack of cooperation from Medina when it comes tosharing intelligence and investigation information and his refusal topick up and deport undocumented immigrants detained under the state’s humansmuggling laws, the sources say. Click here.

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