President Trump Has Pardoned Joe Arpaio

President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the White House said, giving a legal reprieve to a controversial figure beloved by conservative immigration hard-liners but loathed by immigrant rights groups.

The pardon is sure to inflame critics of Arpaio, who built a national following for his harsh crackdown on immigrants during his long tenure as a sheriff in Arizona.