WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National President of the Hispanic National Bar Association, Pedro J. Torres-Díaz, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted in late July of criminal contempt for failing to comply with a United States District Court Judge’s order to stop…
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt last month for violating a 2011 order that barred Arpaio and his office from detaining individuals solely based on suspicions about their legal status. Arpaio, 85, was scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5. “Throughout…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD, today voiced outrage over President Trump’s choice to defend former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a political rally last night in Phoenix, Arizona. Arpaio is infamous for his previous conviction of issuing racist, anti-immigrant policies in Maricopa County even after being ordered by a judge to stop racial targeting and…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today released the following background information on Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after Fox News reported that President Trump is considering pardoning him from his criminal contempt conviction. Arpaio, who served as sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona for 24 years, was found guilty of issuing racist, anti-immigrant policies after a judge ordered…
