Tent City in Phoenix, AZ
If you are in Phoenix, Arizona...don't break the law.
And if you are an illegal immigrant, maybe you just better avoid Arizona altogether.
You may be be familiar with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known as "America's toughest Sheriff."
And that he is.
He's the one who runs that tent city jail.
He makes all of the male inmates wear pink underclothes and eat food that's not quite fresh.
They sleep outside, in tents, all year round, no matter what the weather.
Arpaio is tough on illegal immigrants too.
"Arpaio finds creative ways to arrest illegal immigrants — using state law intended on human smuggling to charge them with smuggling themselves — something no one else in the state has attempted."
And once arrested, they learn English.
Sheriff Arpaio is in trouble with the public quite often because of his methods.
But it's thought he will be re-elected again, for the fifth time, in November.
Read about America's toughest sheriff and his stance on illegal immigrants on
npr.orgAmerica's Toughest Sheriff Takes On Immigration å here
