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

On the recordJuly 27, 2010
They should go to jail and do their time if they're convicted, and then we turn them over to ICE.
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Joe Arpaio

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio explains his stance on illegal immigrants being jailed rather than simply turned over to federal authorities.

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