Above is a video of Maricopa County's (which includes the city of  Phoenix) sheriff, Joe Arpaio, stating that it is an honor to be compared to the Klu Klux Klan. As we watch the situation for undocumented migrants in Arizona spiral out of control, it all goes back to him. The man who is honored to be compared to this nation's most notorious hate group--and why wouldn't he be? After all, they are his buddies and his greatest supporters.

Tonight Sheriff Joe Arpaio joined the nativists and unrepentant bigots of Rusty Childress' United for a Sovereign America, speaking before a group that accepts racists like Buffalo Rick Galeener into its fold, as well as neo-Nazis like J.T. Ready. It's also an organization that praises old guard neo-Nazis such as Elton Hall. This is at least the second time Arpaio's spoken to the most radical anti-immigrant hate group in the Valley. The last time was last year, while Childress still held the meetings at his Kia dealership on Camelback, which he's since sold. Tonight Arpaio spoke at VFW Post 9400 at 804 E. Purdue, in the Sunnyslope area of Phoenix, where U.S.A. currently holds its Thursday night meetings.

--Phoenix New Times, a paper which has been standing up to Arpaio's strongarm efforts and has had their publisher illegally arrested in the middle of the night as a result 

You can read more about Childress here.