Arizona town rethinks immigrant stance
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Six months ago, Guadalupe, Ariz., a town of 5,500 took a stand against the most powerful lawman in the state, writes Nicholas Riccardi.
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies swept through town during a controversial operation searching for illegal immigrants, Mayor Rebecca Jimenez confronted the 76-year-old sheriff and told him he wasn’t wanted. The town, founded by Yaqui Indians a century ago, became a symbol of a grass-roots rejection of Arpaio’s tough anti-immigration tactics. But now, Guadalupe is having second thoughts about how it fought the sheriff.