Obama’s immigration policy responsible for ‘largest jailbreak in American history,’ sheriff says

President Obama’s immigration policy is responsible for the “largest jailbreak in American history,” an Arizona sheriff told lawmakers Tuesday.

Arizona celebrity sheriff Paul Babeu said the president’s refusal to detain millions of illegal immigrants is equivalent to helping criminals escape from prison.

“The largest jailbreak in American history has occurred right under our noses and nobody’s talking about it,” Babeu testified during a Judiciary Committee hearing. 

“If I had a massive jailbreak in my town and let out hundreds, if not thousands of violent criminals, I would be arrested,” he added “This has to stop.

President Obama issued an executive order last November deferring deportations for nearly 5 million illegal immigrants. 

The Obama administration instructed DHS to go after the most violent criminals, while leaving the undocumented parents of legal immigrants alone for the time being.

The move has been met with sharp criticism from Republicans, who believe President Obama is over-stepping his authority.

GOP lawmakers say this sends the wrong message to illegal immigrants.

Sheriff Babeu warned that Obama’s immigration policies will encourage more illegal immigrants to cross the border. 

“This acts like a neon flashing sign on the border,  because if you get to the border you’re home free,” Babeu said.

“That’s, in effect, what’s happened,” he added.

The sheriff also talked about border security, joking, “We’re not building the great wall of Mexico.”