PHOENIX — A voter-approved measure to allow state and local police to arrest some people who entered the country illegally could be a step closer to being enforced.
In a divided decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday tossed out a challenge to a Texas law with virtually identical language. The majority concluded the groups trying to get SB 4 declared unconstitutional lacked legal standing to sue.
What makes that important is that Proposition 314, approved by Arizona voters in 2024 by a margin of more than 3-2, has a clause making its enforcement here contingent on whether SB 4 is found to be legal.
