The Brief

PHOENIX - The City of Phoenix has its first permanent police chief since 2022, and on Aug. 13, Matt Giordano appeared at a news conference to answer various questions.

Big picture view:

Among the questions Chief Giordano addressed were increasing officer recruiting and engaging the community.

Giordano also addressed a topic that is on the mind of many residents in Phoenix: immigration enforcement. His answer was rather straightforward.

"We don't ask for your immigration status. We quite frankly don't care about your immigration status," Giordano said.

The backstory:

This comes as immigration activists claim the Phoenix Police Department is working with the Department of Homeland Security and assisting ICE agents as they conduct immigration enforcement.

In May, the ACLU

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