BISBEE, Ariz. — “It’s worse than the last time I was here,” said Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones.
He was summing up a three-day tour ending Tuesday, May 25, of Arizona, including part of the U.S. border that sees roughly half of the arrests of those trying to enter the country illegally.
It’s unknown how small of a fraction that is of those who actually make it.
The trip strengthened his resolve and that of state Rep. Courtney Combs in calling for Ohio’s local law enforcement to get increased powers to enforce immigration laws, as they may soon under Arizona’s new law...
