“Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course,” Mr. Flake wrote on Twitter. Mr. Arpaio had become a symbol of anti-immigrant sentiment, a staple of cable television for his roundups of people suspected of being in the country illegally in the heavily Latino state. The report concluded that the party needed to promote comprehensive immigration reform and do better outreach to Hispanics — guidance that Mr. Trump tossed aside during his campaign. Mr. Arpaio was an early admirer of Mr. Trump. “I’m very appreciative of what the president has done,” Mr. Arpaio, 85, told NBC News.

Source: New York Times August 26, 2017 16:02 UTC