By Howard Fischer | YourValley
PHOENIX — Arizona voters, on the front lines in the battle against illegal immigration, appear to be favoring new state laws that are designed to stem the flow. (Article continues…)
The measure has four provisions.
One makes it a crime to use false documents when applying for work. Another mandates proof of legal presence to obtain certain public benefits.
There also is a section that increases the penalty for the “sale of lethal fentanyl” based on the claim that much of the supply of the drug or its precursor chemicals has come across the border.
But the key would allow state and local police to arrest anyone who is not a legal resident who enters Arizona from Mexico at other than a lawful port of entry.
