Every two years for Congress, four years for President, illegal immigration comes out as a political issue.

This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration.

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

I want to go to Mexico. I've been stonewalled, so far, by federal officials. I want to go to Mexico, and I want to meet with the top Mexican officials. I want to tell them my past experience and what I can do here as Sheriff to help them get better intelligence and communications on the drug thing, not the illegal immigration thing.