Pinal County’s top prosecutor is being asked to stand down about six weeks after announcing a deal to work with U.S, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The agreement has been declared void.
The reason why is the Board of Supervisors did not approve the Pinal County Attorney’s agreement with ICE.
The board’s request for the county attorney to exit the 287(g) program is based on a legal opinion from a private firm.
The analysis found that the deal assigns sheriff duties to the county attorney, which is inconsistent with the traditional separation of police and prosecutors.
The Pinal county attorney has called the deal a force multiplier giving his office federal database access and other resources in exchange for working with ICE on violent crime task forces.
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