Political Quotes

Joe Arpaio: Well, if you haven't done any crime, we don't go around grabbing people off the street corner because they look like…

On the recordApril 28, 2010
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.
Said by
Joe Arpaio

Editor's note · Context

Sheriff Joe Arpaio responds to concerns about racial profiling under Arizona's new immigration law.

Share

More from Joe Arpaio

Apr 1, 2009

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.

congress.gov
May 16, 2006

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.

transcripts.cnn.com
May 12, 2010

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?

transcripts.cnn.com
Dec 14, 2011

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.

transcripts.cnn.com