GOP plan to let voters give AZ police and courts power to enforce immigration laws advances | Border News

GOP plan to let voters give AZ police and courts power to enforce immigration laws advances | Border News

Voters may get a chance to decide whether Arizona police officers should be able to arrest people they suspect of illegally crossing the state’s southern border and Arizona courts should be able to order their deportations.

On Wednesday, Senate Republicans took the first step in sending a package of border policies to the November ballot.

What’s in the proposal? 







Devin Fleenor, Joe Arpaio

Demonstrator Devin Fleenor of Phoenix handcuffs himself to the doors of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office in protest of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration-enforcement law Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)




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A proposal in the works, still some missing pieces

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