Arizona Passes Measure to Arrest Immigrants Who Enter the US Illegally

A group sits in front of the Tucson, Arizona section of the US-Mexico border.Matt York/AP

Arizona voters passed Proposition 314, a measure that will allow state and local police to arrest people crossing the border outside ports of entry and empower state judges to order deportations. The ballot measure passed with just over 62 percent of the vote. Advocates, including ACLU Arizona and the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, have harshly........

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