What impression do you get from this passage from Andrea Nill of ThinkProgress [1]?
According to the Phoenix News Times, (Sheriff Joe Arpaio) appeared on KTAR 92.3 FM’s Jay Lawrence Show last night vowing to continue operating his "Hispanic-hunting dragnets," even if it means driving undocumented immigrants back across the border himself:
That's followed by a quote from Arpaio, and if you're like me you probably thought "Hispanic-hunting dragnets" might be a quote from Arpaio as well. Whether Nill meant to give that impression or not, it's false. That quote is the characterization of Arpaio's 287g street sweeps as given at [2] by an Arpaio opponent. Based on the title of Nill's post and her past statements I'm leaning towards the possibility that she was trying to fool her readers into thinking Arpaio had said that. Note also that she's lying about what Arpaio says he intends to do; at [2] he says "I'll bring 'em [illegal aliens] myself to the border". In Nill's title that's morphed into him deporting them; those aren't necessarily the same thing.
[1] ‘Hispanic-Hunting’ Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Says He Will Deport Immigrants Himself If Feds Refuse
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/05/joe-arpaio-immigration
[2] blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/10/joe_arpaio_re-signs_287g_jails.php
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