Living in Maryvale which is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in phoenix I realized quickly how illegal immigration effects people day to day. Obviously I had lots of friend who were illegal whose families worked hard every day to try and make it but also we were the victims of many crimes perpetrated by illegals including an attempted home invasion and an actual home invasion.

Sheriff Joe has the right idea by enforcing immigration law but if he would spend less time being a media whore I think there would be less flak from the feds.

Also after talking to a few Maricopa County Sheriffs Department Officers they are unhappy with all of the press and just wish they could do their jobs without being judged before hand because they work for Sheriff Joe.

During my time with the highway patrol I realized we had little power to deal with this situation. I heard that many of the illegals that I arrested ended up being deported but never knew that for a fact.

Now that the mayor of phoenix is attacking the sheriff and claiming he has ties to skin heads it will be interesting to see what happens...

Guntroll, personally I think 115 degrees is easier to deal with then anything under 50 but that is coming from a Phoenix native. I do not look forward to the CO winters...