'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 from the 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. Shall pursuant to our duties on these. Suppression operations of we've come across in the illegals they committed any criminal offense they're gone directly to jail those that we come across. They have not committed a criminal offense I'm hoping that -- tool take those. People off our hands so latency. Very proud of our accomplishments. While one I would say quarter of all the rest some of that agreement to release -- NG in the -- We were responsible for sure America has stopped 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 stopped everybody. That's our music and almost curled hurled racist card -- the Justice Department is what can 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 enforce an illegal immigration laws politicians and others in business people want -- we go in and raid. The workplace and arrests those that are here illegally would formally ID we have human smuggling an arrest we make. So I don't know I'm 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 officers to enforce all the laws whether federal or otherwise. -- that's a good point has been 25 years with the Justice Department. DEA drug enforcers -- high official. They you know we do locked up bank robbers and all those other crimes that are criminal. The federal criminal violations. Why is it on this crime. Which is a violation a lot of commit to this country why -- why are they concerned. With local law enforcement. Enforces that federal -- but."

" But let's say from a profit 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 him in Mexico are --"

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