Nonilex

#Republicans in #Arizona to Add #Immigration Measure to #Ballot in Nov

The measure would make unlawfully entering AZ from #Mexico a #state #crime. The #legislators’ proposal would give #local #police officers the #power to #arrest & #jail *migrants* & would allow state judges to #deport people.

#law #Federal #ClimateMigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/arizona-immigration-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=0D989B78-77C1-4139-B60D-D9801D2C8264&sgrp=c-cb

Immigration Measure Added to the Ballot in Arizona

Republicans are hoping a proposal revisiting some of the tough immigration policies of a decade ago will turn out their voters.

The New York Times
Jun 4, 2024 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

If voters pass the #border enforcement measure in Nov, it would mark a sharp U-turn for a state that has moderated its approach to immigration since an era when Sheriff #JoeArpaio of Maricopa County carried out #raids & traffic stops that *critics* criticized as #RacialProfiling. [not just critics, his policies were #cruel & #unconstitutional]

#Immigration #law #racism
https://www.acluaz.org/en/press-releases/federal-court-rules-arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-violated-united-states-constitution

Federal Court Rules Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Violated United States Constitution

PHOENIX – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, a federal district court said today.

ACLU of Arizona
Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

In recent years, #Arizona voters have approved in-state tuition rates for #undocumented students, & have rejected immigration hard-liners like #Arpaio, who was ousted in 2016, & #Trump.

But #Republicans say voters are ready to embrace their new #crackdown because they are fed up w/seeing thousands of *migrants* camped along the #border & the growing death toll from #fentanyl smuggled across the #border.

#WhiteNationalism #immigration #law #racism

Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024
Opponents say the #Arizona ballot measure will do nothing to improve #border #security or prevent #asylum seekers from arriving. Instead, they say, it will replicate the paranoia & turmoil that #Latino & #immigrant communities experienced after Gov #JanBrewer signed #SB1070, a divisive state #immigration-enforcement #law passed by #Republicans in 2010 that came to be known as the “show me your papers law.” That law sparked years of protests & litigation, & has since been partially struck down.
Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

#Arizona’s new proposal is similar to #laws passed by #Republicans in #Texas & #Iowa that challenged the #federal government’s exclusive #power to enforce #immigration laws. The #Biden admin has sued to block the TX & IA laws, calling them #unconstitutional.

Politicians on both sides said they expected the proposed AZ #law to face #legal challenges if voters pass it.

#WhiteNationalism

Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

The difference in #Arizona is that the fight is playing out not in a solidly #RedState, but in a closely divided battleground. #Political experts say the #immigration enforcement measure could have unpredictable ripple effects on races for president & for control of the #UnitedStates #Senate.

On Tues, the AZ House, which is under #Republican control, is expected to give the proposal final approval for the ballot.

…AZ’s pop is 32% #Latino, & many voters still have searing memories of #SB1070.

Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

The measure, which needs a majority to pass, is called the Secure the #Border Act. Along w/the #policing provisions, it’d also increase #prison sentences for anyone who sells #fentanyl* that results in an #overdose death, & would make it a #state #crime for #undocumented workers to provide false info to the #EVerify screening system.

[*fentanyl ingredients are from #China not #Mexico]

http://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/investigations/investigation-findings-ccps-role-fentanyl-crisis

Investigation Findings: The CCP's Role in the Fentanyl Crisis

WATCH: Video summary of the Select Committee's findings on the CCP's role in the American fentanyl epidemic.

Select Committee on the CCP
Show threadjmccabeJun 4, 2024

@Nonilex

I wonder what, if any, the latest Biden border policy will have on support for this law?

Show threadjanamgJun 4, 2024
@Nonilex more performance “art” from a narrow majority proposing consistently bad legislation. If they had to get signatures like normal voter initiative ballot proposals, none of their stuff would make it to the ballot.
Show threadRYK592Jun 4, 2024
@Nonilex take a look at Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco
Show threadNonilexJun 4, 2024

@RYK oh I know

Riverside County sheriff was once a member of an extremist group with ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/riverside-county-sheriff-chad-bianco-was-a-member-of-the-oath-keepers-extremist-group

Riverside County sheriff was once a member of Oath Keepers

Sheriff Chad Bianco acknowledged he was a member of the Oath Keepers in 2014 but left after finding "the group did not offer me anything."

Los Angeles Times
Show threadJames BrittJun 4, 2024

@Nonilex

The measure should be coupled to a tax increase.

https://azmirror.com/2024/06/03/budget-committee-confirms-gop-border-resolution-will-cost-the-state-money/

"A new fiscal analysis confirms that a GOP plan to give Arizona police officers the power to arrest migrants will cost the state money and one law enforcement agency estimates that price tag at more than $40 million."

Budget committee confirms GOP border resolution will cost the state money

A new fiscal analysis confirms that a GOP plan to give Arizona police officers the power to arrest migrants will cost the state money.

Arizona Mirror
Show threadD R TateJun 4, 2024
@Nonilex Arizona has no soul