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Sheriff Joe Arpaio on his decision to back the Texas Governor for president and the importance of border control in 2012 election.
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America's sheriff Joseph Arpaio who made headlines endorsing governor Rick Perry.
For president thanks for joining us sheriff John that's your -- heard that discussion of my good for -- though but -- stand on opposite sides of the fence so to speak.
We're already come down in this my for an.
Why why does and they called me an excellent sure.
-- I called an excellent show gone viral tonight ROR.
Arkansas -- -- -- it.
What strikes me is that Rick Perry.
He caught a lot of heat in fact he lost a lot of percentage of it in percentage on the polls.
When he came out -- the debates and said hey you conservatives if you wanna send all eleven million illegals back that would be considered -- in his book.
-- in his point of view what he lost a lot of a lot of support.
Has he walked back that comment.
So I think used talking about ten years ago and a passed a law.
About tuition that people to graduate from high school go to college.
Can get reduction tuitions -- that including -- go.
Millions of these says something -- -- heartless and he apologize to that he was and apologizes for eleven million illegals in our country.
Right okay so I'm not sure that that he was apologized to said heartless -- I think he would have.
Maybe maybe one -- not do that puts but so since then you -- -- them.
What is what do you perceive as Rick Perry's immigration policy with the people who are here right now.
A -- tell you he's probably tougher than anybody.
A lot of people talk about it but nothing's ever done he's the governor right now doing it.
He sent to DPS in Texas Rangers.
And that tons of resources to the border to patrol the border was six billion dollars of drugs seized.
And -- trying to help out because of feds aren't doing the job or they can do it alone.
And he's -- photo ID.
When you go vote -- these not a law that you have to be an American citizen.
Or here or here Italy legally.
They get a driver's licenses and Sanctuary Cities he tried to have falls like you're gonna not right right they just pick on -- -- one thing about tuitions in college.
Great we're sorry obvious I've been a huge Rick Perry -- straight through and -- kind of threw me for a -- as well going to be performance him very far right conservative.
As well so I understand where there -- what did don't.
However let me let me take -- accurate have to draw the line here and we had this discussion on.
What is the magnet that brings illegals across the border break a lot of come into the country what is -- -- I say it's being.
Willingness -- on their part to take a lower wage than the minimum wage is that what's causing some of the illegals come here.
Well that's one reason the we got to levels 18% of people might jails -- -- 8000 to 101000 normally a day.
18%.
Of the illegal aliens have committed crimes actually to -- that they commit crimes also.
But don't people were arrested are coming directly from Mexico.
-- come and it's our colony we -- rest is 7000.
Coming through going to somewhere else the -- that we make.
We've when -- -- -- McDonald's -- go on and now we're the only ones doing it the majority of people we -- work -- in the workplace have false identification.
A very serious crime that's affecting broad and I and that is federal sites -- gone and a -- doses state defensemen dominant force in the state law.
Okay of the tentative it's also -- offense -- of federal -- the core elements in Saudi Lucent.
He he portrayed this long 45 mile desert with rattlesnakes and coyotes and when you get past that -- offense when you get past that you have.
Border agents is it that tougher and a -- coming to the countries are.
-- -- I was a director in Mexico years ago and Texas Arizona they used to come and -- was a drug traffic.
Of the we did stop the drug trafficking because of President Nixon.
-- they can come another using tunnels you get defense still used on those now used -- -- over they're gonna find ways to come into the United States.
But we can't surrender we got due to this weekend to secure to border phenomena tell you one thing I don't like -- and secure the border first.
Now we'll look at illegal immigration -- a cop out.
We are arrests and people in the interior might colony 50000 people.
We are rest -- them here don't say that secured a Borough aborted then we will take care of the illegal immigration problem I don't like that statement.
And by the original governor sheriff -- 121.
Won't you just got to kind of be like the hamster on the -- -- -- rest and send them back and then they keep coming in until that borders -- I mean to you you make it as a secure border.
Well wait a minute who we -- hookers volatile and they keep coming back the debt that's should not be the reason because they keep coming back they're repeating their offense if they come back the is going to be a felony and a very serious crime that to come Baghdad they come back okay.
That what about loses what about all the people in the world wanna be US citizens and they wait years in years and do it right and -- -- their reward these guys to cut comment to the United States illegal.
And make them US citizens.
It is a fairness issue so the up actually -- -- of stuff free health care they go to emergency room in AA he -- -- with free education sheriff Joseph -- thank you so much for joining us tonight thank.
