Activists call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio to be prosecuted

Carlos Garcia of Arizona-based Puente Human Rights Movement speaks at a protest asking U.S. Attorney John Leonardo to prosecute Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Monday, August 22, 2016, in downtown Phoenix.

Representatives of the Arizona-based Puente Human Rights Movement and other organizations wanted to emphasize how important it was to them that the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecute Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio..

Jose Luis Miranda watches as human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Noemi Romero, a undocumented from Mexico joins Puente Arizona group who came to protest asking U.S. Attorney John Leonardo to prosecute Sheriff Joe Arpaio after a federal judge referred Arpaio's case to federal prosecutors on Monday, August 22, 1016, in downtown Phoenix.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Noemi Romero and human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.

Human-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's actions and encourage his prosecution.