Arizona Democrats push Hobbs to fight Prop. 314 after voters approve it

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs spoke against newly-enacted immigration reforms but stopped short of saying whether she'll take action to stop it from being enforced.

Prop. 314 which passed with 62.59% of the votes according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results, requires state police and border patrol agents to use the e-verify program to determine immigration status if they have “probable cause” to believe they are in the country illegally.

Then, local police can arrest the individual and a state judge can order deportation. The proposition also makes it a Class 6 felony for those who submit false information or documents and it raises the sale of fentanyl to a Class 2 felony if the sale results in the death of another person.

However, the Arizona Latino Legislative Caucus is calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to step in and prevent Prop. 314 from being enacted.

Katie Hobbs by Gage Skidmore is licensed under Flickr Gage Skidmore
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