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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Dept: The U.S. Justice Department s expert on measuring racial profiling called it the most egregious case he has seen, the department s civil rights division chief told reporters, according to The Star. Arpaio has long denied the racial profiling allegation and he struck a defiant tone in response to the report, calling it a politically motivated attack by the Obama administration that will make Arizona unsafe by keeping illegal immigrants on the street and pHOENIX The U.S. government said Thursday that the man who called himself the toughest sheriff in America ran an office that has committed wide-ranging civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and heavy-handed immigration patrols based on racially charged complaints. The scathing report on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, obtained by the Associated Press ahead of its release, marks the federal government s harshest rebuke of a man who rose to national prominence for his immigration crackdowns. Republican presidential candidates have competed for his endorsement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.