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>> no. steve: clearly they are changing the way the immigration policy into the country the way illegals is handled. >> you are exactly correct on that. having a president and having an attorney general who has actually listened to the sheriffs in this country from the national sheriff association to our southwest sheriffs. 31 border sheriffs. this is refreshing to us to see this. where now we are all working in the same mission and that is to secure our communities promote that quality of life. it's refreshing and exciting going in the right direction. steve: sounds like the feds are helping ...

Walls. >> after months of blasting president trump's immigration policies, governor jerry brown agreed wednesday to send 400 california guards to the border. but went out of his way to say let's be crystal clear. this will not be a mission to build a new wall. round up women and children, or detain people escaping violence. the california guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws. but that's already true. by law, the guard is banned from making arrests or seizing drugs. a point that the attorney general jeff sessions made wednesday at a meeting of border sheriffs. >> they can help. ...

Solution here. there's four border sheriffs, myself and three others. each of our counties have unique features with respect to topography and where the international border falls. looking at a wall is an analogous term. we want a barrier. the other thing folks don't realize, about 150 people a year die in the deserts of western pima county. that's a human rights issue. when we encourage because of a lack of action and securing the border these people make this arduous journey, it's 90 degrees in tucson today. people come across the border, might walk 60 or 70 miles. they're trying to better t...

>> let me be very, very clear. there will be no, repeat no mass deportations. everything we do in dhs will be done legally and according to human rights and the legal justice system of the united states. >> do you get the sense that that is going to reassure the undocumented community in your county? >> well, no, i think there say lot of fear in the undocumented people in our county, that there will be a drastic change in policy. i've met secretary kelly, he was down and i met with the border sheriffs about a week ago, very, very impressed with his pols tour, the fact he listened to the border...

Who are saying no, i don't have to do that. the law is what? >> well, this seems to be obviously a case where it's all about the messenger and not the message. the obama administration deported 2.5 million illegal aliens during his last term. you didn't see the coverage and the uproar and the gnashing of teeth you see now. i've been in law enforcement 34 years. the spirit and montra is that we work together and cooperate. the constitution and federal laws are the supreme law of the land. immigration, we have the immigration and naturalization law, an act by congress, which is the law of the la...