Illegals serve as drug runners says sheriff

An Ohio sheriff has come under fire over controversial remarks made about illegal immigrants and drugs. Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones posted a video on the sheriff’s website where he blames illegal immigrants for being paid to import drugs into the U.S.:

"The illegals are humping this ... over the mountains and bringing it from Mexico into the United States. Once they get across the border in these cities, they can go less than 100 yards and blend into the community. You don't know where they are," Jones said.

Jones’ remarks came after he visited the U.S.-Mexico border last month “to search for solutions to growing immigration problems back in Ohio” according to one report.

Jones has not shied from controversy regarding immigration; in August, migration authorities detained over 160 employees of a chicken plant in Butler County and last year he called on President George W. Bush to grant local police the authority to arrest illegal immigrants. Jones’ policies have helped increase tensions in an area that has seen significant growth in immigrants- both legal and illegal- over the past decade.

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Sources- Cincinnati Inquirer, ohio.com, WKRC-TV, Reuters, American Chronicle, CBS News