President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff Joe Arpaio Aug. 25. By that time, roughly 2012, Joe Arpaio’s vicious anti-Latino tactics had already raised racial tensions in Maricopa County, where he was sheriff. By 2014, I was working as a court interpreter for Maricopa County. [I was one of Joe Arpaio’s victims. There was no cold water, only water from vending machines; and eventually, the machines would run out.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2017 16:29 UTC