EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he'll "never" apologize to Latinos

Arpaio, who spoke to Univision News two weeks after being pardoned by President Trump, claims he was just "doing his job" when he authorized tactics that led to racial profiling that spread fear among the Latino community in Arizona.

Por: Fernando Peinado
Publicado: sep 09, 2017 | 11:09 AM EDT

Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio told Univision News that he will "never" apologize to Latinos for the fear he inflicted on the Arizona community with his hunt for undocumented immigrants in work places, neighborhoods, and on the highways.

His persistence in using some of those tactics led to his conviction in July, though he received a controversial presidential pardon two weeks ago.

Donald Trump's pardon of Arpaio was unusual because presidents usually forgive criminals who have expressed at least some degree of regret. Arpaio claims he did nothing wrong.

"An apology for doing my job? That would never happen," Arpaio said during an exclusive interview at his office in Fountain Hills, Arizona. "I think if I stood on a big tower and I screamed at everyone, at all Hispanics, and I said that I disagreed with all the deportations and said 'I love you all' it wouldn't make any difference." He belives he will be demonized by the media no matter what he says.

The energetic 85-year-old former sheriff of Maricopa County, was convicted of disobeying the federal judge who ordered him to stop illegally detaining Latino drivers on suspicion that they were undocumented. He was awaiting a sentence that would likely have resulted in only brief jail time.

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