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Tony Estrada is Sheriff of Santa Cruz County
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Born in Mexico, he's Arizona's only Hispanic sheriff.
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"Illegal immigration is a supply and demand phenomena..."
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"...the border will always be porous."
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Arizona and Mexico share 350 miles of borderland
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Between 40 and 50 percent of immigrant arrests are made in Arizona
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Nearly half a million immigrants cross the U.S.-Mexican border each year
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Nearly $1 billion was spent on a 53-mile demo virtual fence in AZ
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Almost 80% is walled off with pedestrian fencing and vehicle barriers
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It costs an average $3.9 million to put up a mile of fencing
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51 tunnels were found between U.S./Mexican border cities of Nogales
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More than 2000 died on the border with Arizona in the past decade
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Customs and Bardor Patrol budget for 2010 fiscal year was $11.4 billion
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532 National Guard troops are stationed in Arizona...
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...but they have no arrest power and carry guns only for self-defense