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D.c. ive come all the way over here because were standing in solidarity with the people of arizona and to really denounce the human rights abuses that are going on in maricopa. people are afraid and its created a sense of terror in this state. >> everybody in that jail has violated a state crime. then they happen to be illegal, too. now, there is some fear out there when the fear could be, if youre here illegally, youre working and youre driving a car and we catch you speeding, and youre illegal...

Each one of them to further investigate their citizenship here, and many of them will be deported back to mexico. >> if i go back to mexico, its like starting over from somewhere ive never been. its like if they dropped me off in china or russia. i dont know what im going to do. >> ivan diaz has been in o-yard for the last two weeks since his arrest for giving wrongful information to a police officer who he says approached him and asked for identification. >> and i just -- i didnt have any. so i...

Like, inhumane type of, you know, activities in arizona. >> so weve got a little situation. >> si, se puede. si, se puede. >> deputies in riot gear secure the facilities closest and special response teams have been deployed to o-yard. >> we have heightened security on the yard now in case something does happen. my squad, c-squad is on the compound. the inmates can sense a change in routine. they sense somethings out of the norm. they see srtc-squad here. its not a big deal. we spend 30 minutes, ...

Were here to protest sheriff arpaios policies toward immigrants, undocumented people and just in general. i feel hes doing a lot of, like, inhumane type of, you know, activities in arizona. >> so weve got a little situation. >> si, se puede. si, se puede. >> deputies in riot gear secure the facilities closest and special response teams have been deployed to o-yard. >> we have heightened security on the yard now in case something does happen. my squad, c-squad is on the compound. the inmates can ...

>> the chief benefit of the new job is that it earns him two for one time. meaning he gets an extra day off his sentence for each day he works. >> two for one so youll be out in half the time. >> absolutely. >> how much longer? >> i dont even count the days, technically, because its a really bad thing. its like a bad omen, but im march 12th. i dont want to know how many days that is whatsoever. >> harrington will serve the rest of his sentence with other short-timers in maricopas tent city. but ...

Has secured the perimeter. >> lets go. >> and dispatched one of his special response teams to o-yard in case things get out of hand. while many of the protesters accuse the sheriff and his deputies of being racist, arpaio says its not true and that his unconventional practices have always made him a target. >> im not going to get into my personal grandkids, but i will tell you this, so im the racist? you can have all these critics call me in my office every name in the book, we kill people, on a...

We keep cleaning, we keep cleaning, we mop, we do a couple of toilets. this is a womens holding cell. >> the chief benefit of the new job is that it earns him two for one time. meaning he gets an extra day off his sentence for each day he works. >> two for one so youll be out in half the time. >> absolutely. >> how much longer? >> i dont even count the days, technically, because its a really bad thing. its like a bad omen, but im march 12th. i dont want to know how many days that is whatsoever. ...

Youre here illegally, youre working and youre driving a car and we catch you speeding, and youre illegal, youre going -- youre going to jail. >> with the protesters making their way from a nearby park toward o-yard, sheriff arpaio has secured the perimeter. >> lets go. >> and dispatched one of his special response teams to o-yard in case things get out of hand. while many of the protesters accuse the sheriff and his deputies of being racist, arpaio says its not true and that his unconventional p...

I feel hes doing a lot of, like, inhumane type of, you know, activities in arizona. >> so weve got a little situation. >> si, se puede. si, se puede. >> deputies in riot gear secure the facilities closest and special response teams have been deployed to o-yard. >> we have heightened security on the yard now in case something does happen. my squad, c-squad is on the compound. the inmates can sense a change in routine. they sense somethings out of the norm. they see srtc-squad here. its not a big ...

Toward o-yard, sheriff arpaio has secured the perimeter. >> lets go. >> and dispatched one of his special response teams to o-yard in case things get out of hand. while many of the protesters accuse the sheriff and his deputies of being racist, arpaio says its not true and that his unconventional practices have always made him a target. >> im not going to get into my personal grandkids, but i will tell you this, theyre all from ethnic backgrounds. so im the racist? you can have all these critics...