Arizona adds immigration enforcement measure to November ballot

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arizona-adds-immigration-enforcement-measure-november-ballot-2024-06-04/

Arizona adds immigration enforcement measure to November ballot

By Liliana Salgado and Ted Hesson
June 4, 2024 7:24 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago

PHOENIX, June 4 (Reuters) - Arizona voters will be able to decide in the Nov. 5 election if they support or reject a Republican-led measure that would make it a crime to cross the state border from Mexico and allow state judges to order deportations.

Arizona's Republican-led House of Representatives voted along party lines 31-29 on Tuesday to add a ballot measure that will pose to voters whether the state should create its own immigration penalties.

The Arizona Senate, where Republicans also hold a majority, approved the ballot measure last month after Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed related legislation in March.

The U.S. federal government historically has enforced immigration policy, but Republicans in Arizona have pushed in recent months to create state-level penalties. Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa have all passed similar laws, sparking legal battles with the U.S. Department of Justice.

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[OldBaldy1701E]

1. By all means...

Let's add another to the list of states that have nothing better to do than spend their constituent's money to argue about laws that they know will be ruled unconstitutional. They certainly have nothing more pressing to tend to, now do they?