They should go to jail and do their time if they're convicted, and then we turn them over to ICE.
Joe Arpaio: “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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Sheriff Joe Arpaio explains his stance on illegal immigrants being jailed rather than simply turned over to federal authorities.
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