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Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.

Joe Arpaio

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Joe Arpaio
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: June 14
Politician
Sheriff
Springfield
Massachusetts
Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
Everybody
Mafia
Mexican
Russian
Days

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Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
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The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.
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I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
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I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff.
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Many times, when you go to arrest somebody, they pull their gun, and here I am, a federal agent, telling them to drop their gun. But the gun is like that. I give them a split second to drop it, and they drop it. I could have shot them - who is going to complain?
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But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.
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I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.
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If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.
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I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
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I even used to stop vehicles going through stop signs, even though I was walking.
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I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.
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You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.
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I'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.
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I don't throw people under the bus. When I stick by a guy - I may not agree with him all the time, but I sure don't throw him under the bus.
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I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there.
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There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.
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Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change.
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I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.
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A ‘liberal paradise’ would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities and only law enforcement personnel have guns. And, believe it or not, such a liberal utopia does indeed exist. ... It’s called prison.
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You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.
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