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Arizona voters will decide whether local police can make border-crossing arrests

Headline from Fox7 Austin

The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot.

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  1. Fox7 Austin

    Arizona voters will decide whether local police can make border-crossing arrests (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot.

  2. Daily Journal

    Arizona proposal to let local police make border-crossing arrests is set for lawmakers' final vote (opens Daily Journal)

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    PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that’s up for a final vote by lawmakers on Tuesday.

  3. Green Field Reporter

    Arizona proposal to let local police make border-crossing arrests is set for lawmakers' final vote - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that’s up for a final vote by lawmakers on Tuesday.

  4. Fox News

    Arizona lawmakers to vote on ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests (opens Fox News)

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    Under a new proposal that's up for a final vote by Arizona lawmakers, the state would make it a crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border from anywhere except for a legal port of entry.

  5. Latin Times

    Arizona Republicans seek to include immigration crackdown measure in the ballot in November (opens Latin Times)

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    The measure would make it illegal to enter the state from Mexico. Local officers could arrest and jail migrants and state judges could order their deportation

  6. The Boston Globe

    Arizona lawmakers debate ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests (opens The Boston Globe)

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    If it clears the House, the proposal would bypass Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, who vetoed a similar proposal in early March and instead get sent to the Nov. 5 ballot.

  7. West Hawaii Today

    Arizona adds immigration enforcement measure to November ballot (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    PHOENIX — Arizona voters will be able to decide in the Nov. 5 election if they support or reject a Republican-led measure that would make it a crime to cross the state border from Mexico and allow state judges to order deportations.

  8. Reason

    Arizona voters will weigh ballot initiative to make illegal border crossing a state crime (opens Reason)

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    Law enforcement could arrest those they suspect of crossing into the state illegally—and they’d be “immune from liability for damages.”

  9. KVOA Tucson

    Arizona voters will decide if local police can arrest people for crossing into the US from Mexico (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    The Arizona Legislature has given final approval to a proposal that will ask voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any

  10. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Measure that would allow local law enforcement to arrest migrants will appear on Arizona’s November ballot (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Arizona voters will weigh in this fall on a ballot measure that would allow local law enforcement to arrest migrants who illegally cross the southern border if there is “probable cause.

  11. Breitbart News

    Arizona Voters to Decide on Giving Police the Power to Arrest Illegal Aliens (opens Breitbart News)

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    Arizona voters will decide whether to give police the authority to arrest illegal aliens who have crossed into the state from Mexico.

  12. New York Post

    Arizona moves closer to making illegal immigration a state crime with ballot measure (opens New York Post)

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    Arizona lawmakers approved a ballot measure on Tuesday that will allow voters to decide whether illegal immigration should be made a state crime.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Migrant-arrest measure makes ballot in Arizona (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    PHOENIX -- The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot.

  14. The Guardian

    Arizona legislature overrules governor on proposal criminalizing non-citizens (opens The Guardian)

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    Republicans succeed in push for ballot measure asking voters to make it a crime to enter US from Mexico outside a port of entry

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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