An Arizona sheriff who led the way for local police across the country to take up immigration enforcement is reconsidering his crackdowns—and other law enforcement officials who followed his lead are expected to eventually back away, too.
Joe Arpaio , the sheriff for Maricopa County and metropolitan Phoenix, has temporarily suspended all his immigration efforts after a federal judge concluded two weeks ago that the sheriff's office had racially profiled Latinos in its patrols, Arpaio spokesman Brandon Jones told the Associated Press.
