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PHOENIX - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps, some in Hispanic neighborhoods, to arrest illegal immigrants.

"It's my job," said Arpaio, standing beside a sheriff's truck that has a number for an immigration hot line written on its side.

ASHBURN, Va. - Early Friday morning, the cones were lined up 25 yards apart on the field for Albert Haynesworth's conditioning test.

He needed to complete the first part in 70 seconds or less to have a chance to pass.

Either way, Haynesworth has learned the hard way that going toe-to-toe with Shanahan is not a good idea: Shanahan is going to win.