Pinal County leaders say the top local prosecutor's partnership with ICE is weakening his office’s ability to try local cases.
The latest in a monthslong fight between the Pinal County attorney and the Board of Supervisors is an open letter to residents from the board chair and sheriff.
They allege that top prosecutor Brad Miller has hired staff for jobs that were never authorized, offered salaries that weren’t approved and used resources in ways that raise concerns.
The letter says prosecutors have 10 investigators, and when they’re diverted to work with ICE, they’re not focusing on local crime.
Miller’s office says it looks forward to these issues being handled in court, where the sides are scheduled to appear on Friday.
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Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
Lawyers who spoke to KPBS said immigration judges are now ordering bond amounts that previously were only used for criminals on international wanted lists. The U.S. Department of Justice says the courts are following the law and that the claims are "baseless." -
Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Mike Wisniewski says this latest surge comes on the heels of a similar operation last month, which led to the arrest of dozens of undocumented immigrants. -
A kitchen manager at the center of the Zipps Sports Grill immigration raids has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in hiring undocumented workers. -
Every year, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College professor Abby Wheatley brings her class on transnational migration to the Arizona borderlands.
