Los Angeles, CA In a two-part interview with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Full Disclosure Network® host Leslie Dutton discovers the reasons why he is considered the "Toughest Sheriff In America" and the only one to be arresting illegal immigrants who are smuggled into his county. A six (6) minute video preview of this interview is available for viewing now, FREE, "on demand" 24/7, as a public service of the Full Disclosure Network®. Also included in the video is an interview with Giles Liddell, II one of the Sheriff's Posse members who explains why he volunteered to arrest illegal immigrants.
Here are some of the issues covered in the one hour interview:
- Sheriff Joe's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) background. He is known for his infiltration and investigation of drug cartels and he headed operations in both Mexico and Turkey. He has worked with both the President and Attorney General and dealt with Panama's Noriega and officials in Agentina, just to name a few assignments.
- Now he arrests Illegal immigrants. Under a new anti-smuggling state law, Sheriff Joe is the only law enforcement offical, arresting illegal immigrants under the new law. He is building new jails to accommodate them and has 3,000 posse members who are authorized to enforce the law.
- Maricopa County is the nation's 2nd largest Sheriff's Office. He employs 3,500 people, 900 of them sworn deputies. He has 10,750 inmates, many of whom are housed in his infamous Tent Jail City, wear pink underwear and serve on chain gangs in public display as part of a program to deter recidivism. He urges the inmates to "Never come back".
- Meals for inmates cost 30 cents a day: Sheriff Joe brags that he spends $1.00 a day for meals for each of the rescued dogs and cats that he keeps in air conditioned facilities while the two meals a day he provides to the human inmates only costs 30 cents each, apparently to discourage inmates from returning.
- Nice Guy or Tough Guy? Sheriff Joe does not want to be called a nice guy he wants to be called tough. However, he has the only jail facility to offer inmates a program to obtain their GED (high school) diplomas. He has an aggressive drug rehabilitation program and parenting classes for them as well.
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lyza California
Posted: 08:11 am [PST] on August 11 2010
I wish we have a tough Sheriff like him. Tired of theses illegals and gang members who thinks that they run this place. I salute you Sheriff Arpaio! More power to you!
charlie flores anaheim ca
Posted: 09:44 am [PST] on June 23 2010
keep up the good work
Frank Mattes canada
Posted: 04:05 pm [PST] on June 21 2010
Please come to canada,only for 1 Year,and then you can be a Poletician in the Government,and deal with the Criminals There.
Michael Stout Missouri
Posted: 06:59 am [PST] on June 21 2010
It's time we as American Citizens stand up and be heard by our Government !!! Why do the illegals think they have rights as an American Citizen does? When they clearly have broken our laws by coming here illegally !!! The illegals complain about the Arizona's Law but they know that Mexico's Law is much worse than ours could ever be !!! The Mexican government should probably clean up its own house before looking at someone else's, said Melissa Vertiz, spokewoman for the Fray Matias de Cordova HumanRights Center in Tapachula, Mexico!!! In one six-month period from September 2008 through February 2009, at least 9,758 migrants were kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico- 91 of them with the direct participation of Mexican police, a report by the National Human Rights Commission said. Other migrants are routinely stopped and shaken down for bribes, it said. In 2008. Mexico soften the punishment for illegal immagrants, from a maximum 10 years in prison to a maximum fine of $461. Mexican Law calls for six to 12 years of prison and up to $46,000 in fines for anyone who shelters or transports illegal immigrants. At the same time, Article 67 of Mexico's immigration law requires that all authorities' whether federal,local or municipal' demand to see visas if approached by a foreigner and to hand over migrants to immigration authorities. So they need to stop complaining about our laws and do something about there own!!!! Come to our country legally, like everyone else, or get out!!!! They are breaking our social structure by over loading our system with so many illegals to pay for!!!! Then they send the money back to Mexico via Money Express!!!!!!!! Keep our money here!!!!
Laine Lawless Mesa, AZ
Posted: 09:29 pm [PST] on June 20 2010
I have mixed feelings about Arpaio. I like the fact that he arrests illegals and that he is using the inmates to run the animal control facility. But it is CLEAR that housing inmates in tents, in summer weather in the desert, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Take a look at all the lawsuits for wrongful death and violation of the rights of pre-trial detainees that have been filed against him. That tells you that there is something terribly wrong with the way he runs the jail. Humans must not be treated worse than animals. We need to keep in mind approx. 70% of prisoners in jails have not yet been to trial, and are under the law, assumed innocent.
crawford lake villa il.
Posted: 03:46 am [PST] on May 30 2010
its time our borders were secure. Any effort is a good effort. I salute sheriff Joe.
Vicki Wilson California
Posted: 03:26 pm [PST] on April 26 2010
He is the best. Wish we had him here in California. At least someone has the guts to look after the safety of Americans.
Tom Stewart Green Valley Azx
Posted: 09:38 pm [PST] on April 24 2010
Sheriff Joe Is The Man Of The Hour. And Gov Jan Brewer Is Gov Of The USA. Plus Either One Could Be Re-Elected At Will, Just Ask Sheriff Joe, Yippee Illegal Immigration Is A Crime, End Of Story.
Don R. Maricopa County, AZ
Posted: 11:34 am [PST] on January 09 2010
Illegal immigrants can only be arrested if they break the law (as if being an "illegal" immigrant wasn't breaking the law in the first place) while they are here. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has not arrested anyone based on their ethnicity alone. Think about it, what would the charge be?
Gary Darby Rosamond, CA
Posted: 09:29 am [PST] on November 15 2009
Sheriff Joe Arpaio could clean up the prison system here in California in a matter of a few months.