Joe Arpaio

Thank you @realDonaldTrump for seeing my conviction for what it is, a political witch-hunt by holdovers in the Obama Justice Department.

I know I'm doing the right thing. I'm not going to surrender by those little small groups of people that don't like what I'm doing. You think I'm going to surrender? Never happen.

This is a critical area, 2,000-mile border, for terrorism. We are fighting terrorism in the Middle East. Why don't we take care of our own border and help the Mexicans with every resource we have other than just money?

They should go to jail and do their time if they're convicted, and then we turn them over to ICE.

I do act like a cowboy. But, instead of going after horse thieves, I go after car thieves.

They should go to jail and do their time if they're convicted, and then we turn them over to ICE.

Once again, the attorney general of the United States is making comments about Arizona, has never read the law. Why don't people read the law and get the truth?

Once again, the Attorney General of the United States is making comments about Arizona, has never read the law. Why don't people read the law and get the truth?

I don't know if he read the law. Actually, the U.S. attorney general admitted today he hasn't read the law. So, maybe your councilman should read the law, not overreact.

Well, if you haven't done any crime, we don't go around grabbing people off the street corner because they look like they're from another country. We don't do that.

I have a strange whole philosophy that if someone does something for you, gives you resources, gives you money, I think they want something back, and we ought to do it.