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Deadbeat Raid

Daniel talks to Joe Arpaio, sherrif of Maricopa County Arizona, who has a program to arrest parents who are delinquent in their child support payments. Arpaio uses his volunteer posse to track down mothers and fathers who have fallen so far behind in their payments that warrants have been issued for their arrest. They are taken to jail, and their bail is set at the amount of money they owe.

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