Activists said a proposal was racist. The GOP chairman had state troopers remove them.
"After an opponent of a Republican proposal to outlaw sanctuary cities in Arizona said the measure was “racist,” the GOP chairman of the panel shut down his testimony, sparking a demonstration by other critics that prompted a halt to the proceedings until state troopers arrived to remove them. . .
“There are rules in this committee, there’s decorum that’s expected,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Eddie Farnsworth, . .
"The incident was sparked when Hugo Polanco, a lobbyist for Living United for Change Arizona, was testifying on Senate Concurrent Resolution 1007, which would amend the state constitution to outlaw sanctuary cities and require collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials.
The Senate proposal, which mirrors House Concurrent Resolution 2036, follows through with an idea championed by Gov. Doug Ducey last month in his state of the state speech.
Critics have argued the constitutional provisions are too broad and require local police cooperate with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in the arrest of immigrants.
SCR 1007 sponsor Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, told the committee Thursday that sanctuary cities are “a haven” for drug cartels, and the measures in SCR1007 are necessary.
“Trying to ignore these immigration laws allows these criminal elements to operate without as much fear of detectment (sic),” she said.
‘There’s nothing racist about anybody up here’
“SCR1007… is not only a return to the racism, divisiveness and hate of SB1070 – ” Polanco said.
Farnsworth interrupted him:
“I’m going to caution you on the vitriol. There’s nothing racist about anybody up here. I’m going to caution you. Testify, but you don’t need to be vitriolic.”
Polanco continued. He the portion of SB1070 that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld already bans sanctuary jurisdictions in the state, and that SCR1007 would “bolster the remnants of the law and double down on its worst aspects._________________________________________________________________________
A committee in the state Legislature voted along party lines to pass a measure that would amend the state constitution to make sanctuary cities unconstitutional and things got heated during the hearing. As featured on https://www.azfamily.com/video
House committee passes proposal to amend Arizona constitution to address sanctuary cities
A committee in the state Legislature voted along party lines to pass a measure that would amend the state constitution to make sanctuary cities unconstitutional and things got heated during the hearing. As featured on https://www.azfamily.com/video
House committee passes proposal to amend Arizona constitution to address sanctuary cities
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Debate over the bill got heated Thursday morning, forcing the hearing to go into recess . . .
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Published on Feb 11, 2020
Published on Feb 11, 2020
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Arizona is not expected to be targeted in the latest sanctuary cities crackdown.
