Is that about the long and short of it? Pretty close. You're not going to be in the business of deporting people if they are just simply there working as a gardener or whatever. In municipal law enforcement, our first, even in state law enforcement, our first call to duty is that of protecting our citizens and making them feel safe. And that's all citizens that are in the community. And in Mesa we had a very specific rule that we dealt with and that was people based on criminal predicate. (06:17–06:26)
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