The law is there. I'm enforcing it. And maybe the federal government ought to start locking up these illegals, because there is a federal law, up to six months in jail, a misdemeanor.
Sheriff Arpaio defends his enforcement of state immigration laws and criticizes federal inaction.
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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.
They should go to jail and do their time if they're convicted, and then we turn them over to ICE.
I'm enforcing a new state law, where they're not being turned over to Immigration for a free trip back to Mexico. They're going directly to jail.