On February 4th, 2009, Joe went on a rampage. He rounded up immigrant detainees and forced them to march, shackled, to a segregated "tent city" surrounded by electric fences in the Arizona desert. The Maricopa County office announced the project in a statement entitled, "Arpaio Orders Move of Hundreds of Illegal Aliens to Their Own Tent City."

His actions were so appalling that even the House Judiciary wrote a public letter to the Attorney General and head of the Department of Homeland Security calling for an investigation into Arpaio's tactics.

We are joining with America's Voice and other human and civil rights advocates across the country to get Arpaio investigated by the Department of Justice. Events to protest Joe are taking place across the country.

Please sign the petition to the Department of Justice. If you've signed that petition already, send this letter to your representatives and the Attorney General and please spread the word.

For more information about how to organize events in your community, check out NDLON's website.

For more information on Sheriff Joe Arpaio:

Immigration Policy Center: the high cost of the Sheriff's antics.

America's Voice: Highlights of the Sheriff's record.