'Not Going to Stop'

" Now to a case of the law battling the law. Hard line Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is defying the feds today he says he will move forward with a sweep of illegal immigrants. The kind of thing that he does fairly frequently despite a new federal policy that takes away his power to make immigration arrests. Over the years the sheriff has been one of the toughest enforcers of immigration law his office says it has investigated and arrested 33000. Illegals. -- Arpaio this year up from Maricopa County Arizona joins us now so you're gonna go on with this week today."

" Now why should I change we have state laws to enforce. So pursuant to our duties on these. Suppression operations -- we come across in the illegals to commit any criminal offense they're gone directly to jail those that we come across. That have not committed a criminal offense I'm hoping that -- tool take pills -- people off our hands so latency. Very proud of our accomplishments. Well one I would say a quarter of all the rest some of that agreement to 87 G in the jails. We were responsible for sure American -- stop by in the elected sure I will continue. To serve the people and enforce the laws. Federal or no federal well you know the your critics say that what you're doing amounts to stopping people for being Latino. We stop everybody. That's guard is they can almost curled hurled racist card -- do it Justice Department is look and have the ACLU. They're all looking at -- but you know we've done this for three years been very successful. I should get an award from the White House. Rule we accomplished but I get all Leahy do you think you're an embarrassment immigration is that why -- pulled this you know so called federal power. No they don't like me and force an illegal immigration laws politicians and others in business people want -- we go in and raid. The workplace and arrest those that are here illegally would formally IED we have human smuggling -- we make. So I don't know I just doing my job. And I'm not gonna stop because. The federal government doesn't like what I'm doing well why why should it not be the province of the local law enforcement officer to enforce all of the laws whether federal or otherwise. -- that's a good point has been 25 years with -- Justice Department. DEA drug and -- is a high official. The you know we do lock up bank robbers and all those other crimes that are criminal. Federal criminal violations. Why is it -- this crime. Which is a violation a lot of -- country why -- why are they concerned. With local law enforcement. Enforced and that federal -- but."

" But let's say from a -- practical standpoint let's say you pick up a couple of dozen illegal immigrants today. If ice refuses to take them what can you do I mean you're not allowed to drive them over the border and released -- in Mexico are --"

" Well I did I'll look into that we may drive and to the border patrol to the nearest federal law agency. If they don't wanna take them here but I'm hoping -- have enough common sense to take them. There's going to be a big uproar if they don't take them only -- people sheriff Joe Maricopa County Arizona thank you."