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Arizona voters have approved Proposition 314, a sweeping and divisive law that will incite the discrimination and harassment of immigrants, Latine communities, and people of color. The ACLU of Arizona has strongly opposed the policy since its introduction at the Arizona State Legislature.
Arizonans passed Proposition 139 today, which will establish a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution and provide a path to challenge Arizona’s dangerous abortion ban.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol’s handling of migrants’ personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants’ personal belonging
Immigrants’ rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Arizona State Legislature’s passage of HCR 2060, a ballot referral that would create a state immigration legal scheme and permit enforcement of immigration laws by local law enforcement.
Today, the Arizona State House passed HCR 2060, a sweeping anti-immigrant ballot referral that will bypass the governor’s desk to be placed on the 2024 ballot for voter consideration in November. Noah Schramm, border policy strategist for the ACLU of Arizona, shared the following reaction.