Because I don't want to ramble," says the 84-year-old sheriff of Maricopa County, in Arizona, the fourth-most-populous county in the United States, in his office in Phoenix.

Constitutional Sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to God. They’ve spent the last six months preparing to stop a “stolen” election—by any means necessary.

An I.C.E. agreement with local law enforcement would allow some officers to serve warrants involving immigration violations.

While Cordero-Stutz asked commissioners for more funding, she was silent on whether property-tax rates should go higher.

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans, states often make the choice for them. States are telling sheriffs whether they can — or can’t ...

But states increasingly are making the choice for them. More and more, sheriffs’ hands are tied no matter whether they do — or don’t — want to help with deportations, though they often get ...

CARTER: Well, sheriffs are unique in that they are, as you noted, elected across most states in the United States, so 46 states elect their sheriffs. They're county-level offices, ...

The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy, by Jessica Pishko, Dutton, 480 pages, $32 The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States ...

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in deciding whether to participate in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. But states increasingly are making the choice for them. More and ...