Arizona Supreme Court Approves Immigration Measure for Ballot

Official Photo of Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court

Jacques Billeaud for the Associated Press reports that "the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled a proposal that would let local police make arrests near the state’s border with Mexico will appear on the November ballot for voters to decide."  In 2012, the Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States  invalidated much of the state's immigration enforcement law known as SB 1070   Earlier this week, the court rejected a challenge to the ballot measure.

"In an order by Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, the state’s highest court concluded the measure satisfies the single-subject rule. If approved by voters, the proposal, known as Proposition 314, would make it a state crime for people to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, give state and local law enforcement officers the power to arrest violators and let state judges order people to return to their home countries."

KJ