PHOENIX — A Pima County resolution directing employees not to cooperate with immigration officials does not violate either state or federal law, Attorney General Kris Mayes has concluded.
In a 23-page written opinion, Mayes acknowledged a state law going back to 2010 prohibits local governments from adopting policies that “limit or restrict” federal immigration enforcement to less than what federal law permits.
But she said it “does not mandate that political subdivisions do more than what federal law requires.” And that, Mayes said, means nothing in the resolution is illegal.
