Trump is almost totally dependent on a faction of his cult for support. A pardon for the racist sheriff is red meat for the racist faction.
Keeping illegals out is not racism. He was doing his job. He will be pardoned. Illegals will stay out, Trump will MAGA.
He was not doing his job. Part of his job was to follow the court's order. He broke the law, plain and simple. A pardon will overrule a court decision. It is an act of the Executive Branch nullifying an act of the Judicial Branch.
He was doing the job that the PEOPLE elected him to do. What he did not do was violate his oath of office by complying with an illegal order. You know, like all of the Nuremburg nazi's tried to claim when they were rightfully tried and in many cases executed for crimes against humanity. obummer had issued illegal decree's, the judge tried to get Arpaio to comply with them. He refused because he is an honorable man.
Unlike the judge.