PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has sent a letter to Guadalupe town leaders telling them they have 180 days to either renew or end their contract with his office.

READ: MCSO Guadalupe Contract Termination Letter

Arpaio said if the town doesn't answer, he will pull his deputies from the communty.

"Recent actions and statements made by the Town of Guadalupe against the Sheriff's Office are unjust and ignore the professional law enforcement services provided by the Sheriff's Office for the past 30 years," the letter read.

Many town residents took to the streets to oppose Arpaio's recent crime saturation sweep that netted nine suspected illegals immigrants and 38 others on warrant arrests and drug violations.

In his letter addressed to Guadalupe Mayor Rebecca Jiminez, Arpaio wrote, "Statements made by you and the Phoenix mayor reflect a disturbing discrimination and selective enforcement agenda that certain laws passed by the Legislature and voted upon by the citizens of Maricopa County should not be enforced."

As a result, Arapio wrote, "The Sheriff's Office has decided to invoke the termination clause of its law enforcement agreement with the Town of Guadalupe."

A series of crime saturation sweeps sparked lawmakers, activists and politicians to call on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the sheriff's office for racial profiling.