Arnold Schwarzenegger Was Asked About The ICE Raids, And His Answer May Surprise Some

Arnold Schwarzenegger reminded the more left-leaning panelists of “The View” on Tuesday that he is still very much a Republican.

Schwarzenegger, who earned the nickname “Governator” during his 2003 to 2011 tenure as the GOP governor of California, emigrated from Austria to the U.S. in 1968 and became an American citizen in 1983.

Considering his immigrant background, the show’s hosts were eager to ask him about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that sparked protests in Los Angeles and across the country.

Just two minutes into Schwarzenegger’s appearance, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin wondered how he’d handle the “ongoing crisis” in the state if he were still “governor of California right now.”

“You have to work together with local government, the state government and the federal government,” Schwarzenegger replied. “You have to work together rather than fighting each other.”

The “Terminator” star went on to emphasize the need for immigration reform.

“For decades now, this country has needed immigration reform,” he said. “Which means that we recognize the fact there’s people in the south of America that want to come north to work, and that we therefore should supply them with enough visas so they can come because we need those workers.”

Schwarzenegger continued, “Then we’d know who is here, we’d be able to get rid of the criminal elements that are here, all this stuff so we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in right now.”

“If you want to make this country better and if you want to improve this country and improve the situations of people’s lives and bring the prices down … you will go and serve the people of America,” he said of politicians on both sides of the aisle. “If you’re a public servant, that’s what you’re supposed to do, and that’s what I would do if I was governor.”

Co-host Joy Behar then attempted to elicit compassion from Schwarzenegger by asking him, “as an immigrant yourself,” if he had a “visceral reaction” to videos of the unsettling and inhumane ways ICE agents are treating immigrants.

The “Kindergarten Cop” star responded by first saying that he was so “proud…