In Washington, D.C. today reporters Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin of the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona (Giblin is now with the Arizona Guardian) were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their local reporting on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Over the past several years, “Sheriff Joe” has transformed his police department into an immigration-enforcement agency — running up costs, conducting large-scale neighborhood sweeps, and neglecting other crime-fighting activities.  The award-winning series revealed the Sheriff’s “focus on immigration enforcement and how it endangered investigation of violent crime and other aspects of public safety,” states the Pulitzer website.

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