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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sounds off on the government’s hotline set up to aid illegal immigrants.
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You have reached a law enforcement sports -- line for individual subject to an entertainer.
Believes there are United States citizens are victim or witness for the crime.
Your call is very important side.
On the back to file the money now the new hotline to help illegal immigrants and set up by the Obama administration in the program will be funded.
24 hours a day seven days a week by you -- it.
You and me -- tax dollars.
Joining us now America's share Joseph Arpaio Joseph what you think -- this could just be clear these are.
Illegal immigrants who are detained.
And they have the opportunity to get on the phone and I guess question why.
Well you're are you open my own highlighted three years ago we -- -- -- 101000.
Calls -- help is enforcing illegal immigration laws.
Right after that the government open there hotline.
Two receive any information of any one this -- You know.
Racial profiling.
Now here they have another hotline so it ought to have -- and immigration one -- they have power lines and they robberies and that drug traffic and all that -- illegal immigration we know why is this a political situation they're gonna have to me the Department of Justice.
And -- way we're responding to there -- Requests today.
We're gonna answer them put up -- -- know what the problems are sold.
This is a political year idea I'm the target to I'm -- -- they started this because of me but they did take away all my authority last week.
Rui investigate.
Federal type illegal immigration laws -- in our jail on otherwise so they're trying to put to the handcuffs on me so I I don't on this there why is doing and yet I do understand as a political year.
They want to get favors from the Hispanic community.
And they're -- -- down and so call ratio are profiler.
But -- of people understand the Justice Department I guess alleged that your office racially profiled.
Latinos and and charge them.
Rightfully or wrongfully what ever but so that's what you're referring to so that audience understands.
But it seems to -- -- broke.
And we kid doing all these things and it is it for act clearly it's for votes at the end of the day isn't it I'm not sure we can afford another -- -- we can't afford lunch.
Well those agents doing a hotline ought to be out -- -- -- -- travelers.
An illegal immigrants to come into our country that's what they should be doing now I get involved in politics.
They took away all my authority in the jails.
Ninety officers I've had doing their job.
There and the it I'll tell you one thing.
44000.
People that we have investigated in the jails.
And held them so they can get -- back -- Now they took away my authority now they have to substitute that would agents.
Which I don't think they're gonna have enough so you know what's going on in Washington and we know that this is politics.
So I'm not concern about the hot -- I have my own hot line we get a lot of tips.
They have their hotlines everybody's got lines from my outlined is law enforcement -- we develop information a lock up by the illegal aliens are in this country.
Illegally but this other hotline you know assault politics -- as I say let's set up other hotlines are bank robberies and other federal crimes why are they doing immigration.
Right drug trafficking to live and -- -- -- -- shared joke but keep didn't keep doing your good works there.
Okay thank you -- I.
