The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has a history of ideologically charged investigations

By Hans A. von Spakovsky, NRO:

There’s no shortage of opinion on whether Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has done anything wrong. Almost ignored, however, are the Justice Department lawyers investigating him. Yet their conduct raises serious questions — namely, have their liberal bias and apparently unethical tactics caused fundamental flaws in their investigation?

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Arizona is on the front lines of the immigration crisis confronting the American Southwest. As thousands of illegal immigrants flood across the border — many engaging in violent and drug-related crimes, choking the local court systems and otherwise imposing heavy economic costs on Arizona communities — Arpaio has been a visible force in local enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Not surprisingly, Arpaio has incurred the wrath of those on the left who oppose immigration enforcement in general, and especially local enforcement of federal immigration laws. Many would like to see the 287(g) program terminated. Unfortunately, the Civil Rights Division’s Special Litigation Section (SPL), which initiated the investigation of Maricopa County, appears hell-bent on aiding these groups’ efforts. SPL has a bad track record enforcing poorly defined and constitutionally questionable legal standards, and it has already been accused of unethical conduct in this case.

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And guess which Obama apparatchik [Secretary of Homeland Security] used to be the governor of Arizona? Yes, that icon of sheer, breathtaking ignorance, Janet – “the 9/11 terrorists came across Canadian border “- Napolitano, that’s who (and I only just scratched the surface of this woman’s obtuseness). Arpaio is already way behind the eight ball. Good luck sheriff.

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