You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.

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?

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.

Let [Ted] Cruz - let the people go to the courts and see if he's here legitimately. I don't know. I'm not going to get into that.

All the studies say that immigrants are less likely to be criminals in the United States. That's what they say. The sources are there.

I'd rather report to four million people as the elected Sheriff than some governor or president, so I like reporting to the people.

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.