Immigration

Fiona Harrigan | 6.5.2024 12:10 PM

This November, Arizonans will consider a ballot measure that would make it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border illegally. If it passes, law enforcement would be authorized to arrest people suspected of crossing the border illegally, and state judges would be able to order deportations.

House Concurrent Resolution 2060, which passed the Arizona House yesterday 31–29 in a party-line vote, argues that Arizona "is being 'actually invaded' as defined in article I, section 10" of the U.S. Constitution. Along with empowering law enforcement in the state to arrest undocumented immigrants who cross into Arizona illegally, HCR 2060 creates penalties for people who "present false documents to obtain public benefits or to evade workplace eligibility detection" as determined by the federal E-Verify program. It also strengthens penalties for people who sell fentanyl resulting in death.

Those crossing the border illegally for the first time would........

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