Arpaio’s persona is world renowned as the self-proclaimed “Toughest Sheriff in America”. He is infamous in the media through his antics of forcing inmates to wear pink underwear, work on chain gangs, and live in tents. Arpaio is an unapologetic crusader against illegal immigration. What is less known is the community affected by this media attention and tactics used by the Sheriff.

This documentary shows the people in the Phoenix area that are rarely seen in the national spotlight, but are the ones on the daily front lines as Arpaio continues to conduct raids on migrant and Latino neighborhoods, ignore bad jail conditions, and waste more than hundreds of millions of dollars in tax payer money. Under Arpaio features activists, low-income residents, attorneys, reporters, elected officials, and indigenous people who speak truth to power. In the face of all of this, the community targeted by Arpaio has not stood still but has organized and continues to fight. This is their story of struggle against one of the most well-known law enforcement figures in recent U.S. history.