More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s
decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, while nearly
two-thirds said they support a program allowing "Dreamers" to stay in
the U.S., which Trump is expected to end, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll.
Six in 10 said they felt it was "wrong" for Trump to pardon Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order not to detain suspected undocumented immigrants.
Thirty-four percent of respondents said they felt Trump’s pardon was "the right thing" to do.
Trump granted the former Maricopa County sheriff a pardon on Friday night, prompting fierce criticism from civil rights groups and lawmakers, including the ACLU and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who charged the action essentially represented an endorsement of racism against Latinos and undermined the president's stated belief in the rule of law.
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