Proposal to allow local police to make arrests near Arizona border with Mexico will appear on ballot

Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a proposal that would let local police make arrests near the state’s border with Mexico will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters to decide. That sets up the biggest push to draw local authorities into immigration enforcement since the state’s landmark 2010 law requiring police to question people about their immigration status. The ballot proposal would make it a state crime for people to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry. It also would make it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl that leads to a person’s death.