Why are Conservatives OK with the government violating the civil rights of American citizens in the name of enforcing immigration laws? 

Oh... I know... 

It's because they are not the ones whose civil rights that are being violated. 

But tell Conservatives they cannot hold a White Supremacist rally and all hell breaks loose. 

I sense a theme here.

Sheriff Joe was rightly targeted for violating civil rights, violating the Constitution and racial profiling. All illegal. 

Had Sheriff Joe not violated the law while enforcing the law Sheriff Joe would not have needed this pardon. 

By the way. When Sheriff Joe accepts this pardon, he admits his guilt. It's one of the conditions of a pardon.